Top 991 Quotes & Sayings by Pakistani Authors

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.

Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiris. Not to Indians. Not to Pakistanis.

Cricket is a team game. No individual can just say he can win it on his own.

I have learnt that patience is important: patience when you bowl and also in how you handle life.

Comfort and simplicity are two keys that I follow when it comes to fashion.

I am blessed to be a proud father of a daughter.

When there is oppression and dictatorship, by not speaking out, we lose our dignity.

I can help as chairperson, and Fulham can help our NFL effort. Collectively, these synergies will help everybody.

Being a fish out of water is tough, but that's how you evolve.

If we remain hostage to our past, then we will go nowhere.

Music is something that should give you peace.

Moin Bhai has played a significant role in my career and I am thankful to him for where I am today.

Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

I grew up feeling voiceless and powerless as a kid. I turned to books - fantasy books in particular - to give me comfort. As I grew up, I realized I could find that sense of power and voice if I simply started writing.

We need to start identifying the triggers that aggravate mental health issues in our society - bullying, social media negativity and anxiety, gender based violence, substance abuse, stigma around issues such as maternal issues, etc., and we need to speak up about these more and get to the source of the problems.

We should learn not to hold grudges and be positive all the time because life is too short and unpredictable.

Our self-respect does not have a price tag.

I don't get happy with personal milestones. I get happy when my team wins.

The growing reach of Coke Studio Pakistan is mostly evident in the Middle East and the sub continent but with the passage of time it is rising across Asia as well as the west.

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

Thanks to Allah, I trust myself to distinguish between right and wrong.

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

Music is the voice of the soul and can move mountains. People receive the message of the soul through the voice. It is a voice, the tone that moves something in people.

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

I always say that I was born in the wrong era. I should've been born in the '70s or '80s when love meant so much more than it does today. In this busy world, we forget to find each other, fall in love, and go all the way for our soul mates.

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.

I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.

Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.

Nation should be rest assured Pakistan is a safe atomic power. No one can cast an evil eye on it.

I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you love shoes. So, for me, I think it's a really dangerous thing to say I'm going to write the best dance song in the world.

One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.

A man learns all his life and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason.

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes. The problem is that taxes aren't used efficiently.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.

I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women.

Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.

Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do.

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.

The rhythm of sitar cannot be created with chords of guitar and vice versa as both the instruments have a distinct purpose in music.

I got so famous with so many new people entering my life. You can imagine how it was for an 18-year-old who was playing effortlessly and savouring every moment of my success. I had lost all sense of reality.

The players are benefiting a lot from the PSL. You saw the young players in the PSL who are now in the senior team. They are learning from the international players who play with them in the league.

It was about 2012, 2013. I started from zero. Small fashion shows, small photoshoots. I've seen a lot. I've seen a lot of things up close. I married my sister off; I gave jahez for her wedding. I tried to keep relations going with my family. I bought a house for them in Multan. My parents are settled in Multan; my house is there.

I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban.

As a son, and a Pakistani citizen, I could not be more proud of President Zardari.

Chashkin Sar was virgin, and we climbed it for the first time, and afterwards, the people renamed it as Samina Baig.

We're still stuck in male, female, feminism. I don't believe in, you know... I believe in gender equality.

I remember my jaw would hurt because I wasn't used to speaking English all the time. Like how, even if you exercise, you'll play kickball one day, and then you're like, 'Wait, I run, but new places are hurting because I don't use my muscles this way.' My mouth was not used to making these sounds.

Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.

In professional cricket, everybody wants to win.

I genuinely believe that, physically and emotionally, women are far stronger than men. The amount of pain they have to endure for a childbirth, a man cannot take an ounce of it. A toothache or a stomach upset is the end of our world at times.

I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.

Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members, but it was Norway where Maoism became a genuine popular force and hegemonic in the culture.