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Quotes by Pakistani Authors
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
"My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled."
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
"Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem."
"I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition."
"Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top."
"It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes."
"The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges."
"Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful."
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
"Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass."
"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
"So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win."
"The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack."
"General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me."
"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
"The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work."
"I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections."
"I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry."
"When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry."
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
"I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward."
"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
"We need prefab housing, we need to repair what can be repaired. We have appealed to the whole world to ship tents and blankets to Pakistan."
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress."
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