The Most Beautiful Verses of Poetry and Proverbs

Wisdom on Happiness and Hope

The following are insightful reflections on happiness and hope:

1. A person ages when excuses replace hope.
2. Happiness is not determined by who you are or what you possess; it solely depends on your own perceptions.
3. True happiness does not lie in wealth or mansions, but in the happiness of one’s heart. The quickest path to a joyful heart is by bringing joy to others, for the greatest pleasure comes from doing good deeds.
4. Sometimes, God may close a door for us to open another, better one. However, many individuals waste their focus, time, and energy staring at the closed door instead of embracing the wide open door of opportunity ahead of them.

Wisdom on Personal Development

Here are some profound sayings on personal development:

1. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
2. Start the transformation within yourself, then let it expand like a circle to include everyone around you.
3. Books are the engines of change, windows to the world, and beacons illuminating the seas of time. They are companions, teachers, magicians, and treasure banks for the mind.
4. The greatest transformations often stem from the smallest changes; a minor shift in your behavior can alter your world and reshape your future.

Wisdom on Work

Here are some thoughts related to work:

1. Who among you wishes to be like a mute reed, surrounded by all that sings in harmony?
2. You’ve often been told that work is a curse and that labor brings calamity.
3. By committing to meaningful work, you open your hearts to the true love of life.
4. For those who cherish life through productive work, opportunities unfold, and they draw near to the profoundest secrets.

Wisdom on Self-Confidence and Pride

Here are statements regarding self-confidence and pride:

1. Think positively and cultivate optimism.
2. Self-confidence is the pathway to success.
3. Courage is a means to overcome fear and build confidence.
4. Success reinforces self-confidence.
5. A confident person leads others.
6. Fear of new attempts is a sure path to failure.
7. Confidence and optimism are contagious, and what a wonderful contagion it is!
8. Those who never make mistakes are the ones who never learn.
9. If you are confident in yourself, you will inspire confidence in others.
10. Turn your failures into a fresh start for success.
11. Excessive self-confidence can lead to danger.
12. The question is not how others perceive you, but how you perceive yourself.
13. Significant discoveries and achievements require the collaborative effort of many hands.
14. Those who fear ascending mountains will forever dwell in the valleys.
15. If you have a problem, it won’t go away by denying its existence.
16. Belittling others only serves to undermine your own self-worth.
17. The vibrant springtime of life may not last forever, but the clarity of the heart endures.

Wisdom on Hope and Optimism

Here are reflections on hope and optimism in life:

1. Remember, my friend, that hope is a good thing, and good things never die.
2. A person can live without sight, but cannot live without hope.
3. Great hopes lead to the creation of great individuals.
4. People are like metals; they rust with boredom, expand with hope, and contract with pain.
5. Trust in God is the purest hope, and reliance on Him is the truest action.
6. A strong mind is always hopeful and perpetually finds reasons to hope.

Beautiful Poetry Verses

• The poet Ma’ruf Al-Rusafi conveys in his poem “Ethics Bloom Like Plants”:

Ethics bloom like plants,

Nurtured by the waters of virtues.
They flourish under the care of a nurturer,

Standing tall in the crops of virtue, bearing fruit.
They rise to noble deeds in harmony,

Just as the channels of water are aligned.
They revive from the essence of glory,

With blossoms that exhale fragrance.
I have not seen among creations any place

That refines them like a mother’s embrace.
For a mother’s lap is a school that elevates

In nurturing sons or daughters.
And the character of a child is measured beautifully

By the morals of their nurturing mothers.

• Imru’ al-Qais expresses love:

Let us weep at the memory of my beloved and my dwelling,

By the fallen tree between the entrance and the riverbank.
The traces remain, not fading

From what her path wove from the south and north.
You see the droppings of the goats in her grounds,

And her plains are like the seeds of pepper.
As if on the day of separation, when they took flight,

At the Samurat of the village, I was that bitten thorn.
And as I stood with my friends, they said to me,

“Do not perish in sorrow, hold steadfast!”
And indeed my remedy is a weeping flow,

For is there any mark left behind that can be restored
Like the one from Umm Al-Huwairith before her,

And her neighbor, Umm Al-Rabab, with lament?
The tears of my eyes flowed from yearning,

Upon my neck, until my sorrow soaked my clothing.
Oh, how many days remain without you,

Especially one at the Gulgul dwelling.
And the day I restrained the maiden’s mount,

What a wonder from her traveled paths.
The maiden still falls with her meat,

And fat like the fabric of a delectable dish.
And the day I entered the chamber of Al-Ayneezah,

She told you, ‘O, hind, you are my enemy.’
She claims, as the hills bend with us together:

‘You have slain my camel, O Imru’ Al-Qais, so descend!’
I replied, ‘Guide me, and let loose its reins,

And do not bend me away from your embrace.’
For like you, a pregnant one, I have approached, and nursing,

Distracted her from those attracted souls.
As he cried out from my strap, he retreated,

Half a step, while the other was not in pursuit.
And one day upon the high dunes, with her obedience,

She promised a vow that never wavered.