Gareth Bryant’s Quotes

The following are various quotes written originally by Gareth Bryant, based upon personal life experiences, as well as simple, basic, intelligent observation of people, events, concepts & places, and my personal outlook on how the world is and how the world should be:

As people, we all have one thing in common, regardless of family, race, nationality or language: we were all created by Allah, the Lord of the Universe. It doesn’t matter whether we worship Him or not, He’s still our creator & judge. We will not live forever, so we need to be sure we’re in His favor before our demise.
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We have to believe that Allah is Eternally Just; He will only give us what we deserve, and we only deserve things that we strive for. So, if you want something, then just go after it. But, don’t just sit around thinking that things are gonna just fall in your lap, or complain when you don’t get what you want without chasing it. We all have to work, struggle and fight for everything that we want!!!
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In the Road of Life, we must all clear our own paths.
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The weak person is not one who lacks strength; rather, it is the person who gives the negative statements & actions of others the power to affect them.
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Manhood is never determined by the size of one’s penis; rather, it’s always determined by one’s integrity.
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Our strengths make us powerful; our weaknesses make us humble; together, they both make us Human.
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Every one has a weakness, regardless of their strength.
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Ignorance is an intellectual poison; Arrogance is a spiritual poison.
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Gareth Bryant’s definition of the Islamic-Attitude: Who am I better than, no one; who am I worse than, everyone. Having this attitude will promote humility, which will encourage & compel the Muslim to run towards the Mercy of Allah via righteous actions. May Allah implant within our hearts the Islamic-Attitude!!!
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Intelligence is fundamental.
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Anyone who does not respect, love, or appreciate you for who you are, or brings negativity into your life, has no right to be in your circumference, just cut them loose. If someone is not making you better, they’re making you worse, and if they’re making you worse, you need to be free from them at all costs.
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Everything in this Material-Life exists in cycles. For example, there’s the ‘Love-Cycle’: I love someone, yet they love someone else; someone loves me, yet I love someone else. It’s basically an emotional version of a dog-chasing-its-tail.
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Victory & success only come from Allah, while defeat & failure only come from ourselves.
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A person will never appreciate peace, unless they experience war, and they will never appreciate joy, unless they experience pain, and they will never appreciate victory, unless they experience defeat, and they will never appreciate success, unless they experience failure, and they will never appreciate love, unless they experience hate.
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I’m at a juncture in my life as a Muslim where I have no right to judge the flaws & sins of others, that judging and correcting my own flaws & sins are much more important.
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I love Life……just because I’m alive & it’s better than being dead!!! It doesn’t matter what my condition is or what I’ve done, Allah keeps me alive, so I can improve & evolve into a better person!!!
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Whenever one is embarking upon any endeavor, they must be like the navigator of a vessel, expect & prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and sail in the sea in accordance to the turning of the tides.
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Individuality is one of the greatest gifts that Allah has given to Humanity. We owe it to Him, then to ourselves, to be comfortable in our own skin.
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We must never allow ourselves to look down upon others, this is Arrogance!!! If we’re arrogant, we’ll become careless. If we’re careless, we’ll become shameless. If we’re shameless, we’ll become the Enemies of Allah. And the Enemies of Allah are cursed!!!
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Never underestimate the merits of any good deed. If you do something for the right reason, and it contributes to the betterment of others, then that action has value.
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Whenever we lose someone or something near & dear to us, we must be confident that Allah will replace who or what we’ve lost, with someone or something better.
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Whenever you are faced with adversity, be patient. If you’re patient, you’ll be able to endure any trial in your life. Patience makes you a Warrior & Endurance makes you a Conqueror.
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We should never try to be the parents that our children want us to be; instead, we should strive to be the parents that we never had!!!
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Never be unnecessarily concerned with anyone’s personal opinions about you, unless they respect you & you respect them.
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Don’t just live life, instead try to live right. Our time here is very short. Before you know it, we’re choking on dirt, underground. When Allah takes your soul, it’s not like a video game, there’s no Reset-Button!!!
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None of us are good at everything, but each of us are good at something.
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Never let anyone determine the value of your self-worth.
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If someone does not love themselves, they shouldn’t expect anyone else to love them.
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Patience is the ability to recognize & accept a condition or situation, for what it truly is, and having the courage & fortitude to react rationally & maturely, when dealing with a condition or situation.
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It is better to be a humble & hardworking, failure, then to be an arrogant success.
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There are some people who speak to say something important, while there are other people who speak only to feel important…..don’t be the latter.
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Never be content where you are!!! If so, you won’t recognize the need to improve. If you don’t improve, you won’t move forward and if you don’t move forward, you won’t go anywhere.
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The most dangerous person is a Politician; they’ll do anything for power & anything to keep power.
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My beard is Grown & Sexy…if you don’t agree with me, then it sucks to be you!!!
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Anyone who wastes your time is inconsiderate, and if you allow anyone to waste your time you’re unintelligent.
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Christopher Columbus set the precedent for Europeans to violently take the Americas from its Natives, yet he’s celebrated. If he were a Muslim, he would’ve been labeled a terrorist for his genocidal actions!!!
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I require & desire only one thing from everyone which I’m always willing to reciprocate, and that thing is respect. Without respect, trust, loyalty, love, concern, and appreciation can never exist among people.
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Being ignorant is no excuse for being unintelligent.
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Women are just like Computers & Cars, you get what you pay for & nothing beats brand-new.
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People need to fall in love with intelligence & dignity, instead of being suckers for the love of ignorance & shame.
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To all of the Haters out there (yeah you…….and you……..and yeah, even you), STOP HATIN’!!! The only thing that you accomplish by hatin’ is makin’ the person you’re hatin’ on even more relevant & important!!!
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Ignorance is not cute!!! If a child learns how to sing & dance, before they learn how to read & write, that’s really sad, and it also means that they have parents who shouldn’t be parents at all!!!
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It’s really sad how Humans have the audacity to make judgement calls, to determine the value of the humanity of other Human beings, based upon things like: family-ties, ethnicity, language, skin-color, hair-type, national-origin, that no Human being has any control over, by virtue of the fact that these things were just given to us, without our consent.
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Any guy who says that ‘Looks don’t matter’ is a liar.
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Life is too short, to be broke, so get that money. Just make sure ya bread is Halal.
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People all around the U.S. & around the world, have celebrated the pronounced death of one man, Usamah Bin-Ladin. But, the question we should ask ourselves is whether those same people have also mourned over the deaths of countless individuals, from places all over the planet, who were unjustly killed in pursuit of him.
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Don’t let people tell you can’t have fun!!! Life is a party. And, the party don’t stop, until the casket drops. The after-party is in the Hereafter, in the Paradise, but only for those who believe in Allah & the Last-Day.
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It is very easy to see faults in others, but it’s very difficult to see the faults in ourselves.
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The most difficult things for a Human being to say are: I don’t know, I was wrong, and I’m sorry.
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There’s nothing wrong with living in the Hood; just don’t let the Hood live inside of you.
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The only people who will ever betray you are those who befriend you, and the only people who will ever kill you are those who fear you.
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The fire of change can never be made, without first striking the flint.
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The reality, ugliness, and sadness of Death always compels me to appreciate the illusion, beauty, and joy of Life.
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I want to officially apologize to the entire world for being an American, because America ain’t shit!!! The United States of America has been responsible for the most religious discrimination, most xenophobia, most genocide, most rape, most murder, most displacement of indigenous peoples, most military-induced destruction, most political scandal, most social instability, most sexualization/sexual-perversion, more than any other “civilized” nation in the entire history of our Human existence.
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If a lynch-mob wants to hang you, you don’t give them a noose; if someone wants to shoot you, you don’t give them a loaded gun; if an archer wants to hunt you down, you don’t give him arrows.
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Regardless of the weightiness of any physical shackles placed upon someone, so long as they possess a free mind & heart, they will always be free.
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You don’t have to spend a “King’s-Ransom”, in order to look like royalty.

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It only takes one spark to start a Forest-Fire.

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