I have not lost [Allah's] hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.


Muhammad Ali

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MUHAMMAD ALI
The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Paki...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It...
MUHAMMAD ALI
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on th...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game].
MUHAMMAD ALI
Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no...
MUHAMMAD ALI
If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of hi...
MUHAMMAD ALI
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there on t...
MUHAMMAD ALI
We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep convic...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your lif...
MUHAMMAD ALI
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
MUHAMMAD ALI
one of the greatest athletes of all time.
MUHAMMAD ALI
If a matter has been ruled on or issued by a decree and later is the object of doubt in the minds of...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.
MUHAMMAD ALI
This may shockan amasia but I'm gonna beat Joe Frazier.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The one without dreams is the one without wings.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm so pretty I even smell pretty.
MUHAMMAD ALI
a fierce fighter and a man of peace.
MUHAMMAD ALI
And if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe fighting beside me.
MUHAMMAD ALI
This relationship will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will unde...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm always confident. My image is being confident. Why you trying to make it look like something new...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams Ñ they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just ...
MUHAMMAD ALI
You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.
MUHAMMAD ALI
War on nations change maps. War on poverty maps change.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I want to get out with my greatness intact.
MUHAMMAD ALI
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get ve...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.
MUHAMMAD ALI
All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my str...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My face is so pretty, you don't see a scar, which proves I'm the king of the ring by far.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his lif...
MUHAMMAD ALI
You don't want no pie in the sky when you die,/ You want something here on the ground while you're s...
MUHAMMAD ALI
[Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali pour...
MUHAMMAD ALI
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen t...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception d...
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