Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
An apprentice near a temple will recite the scriptures untaught. — Japanese Proverbs
Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it. — Umar
It is necessary to iterate and reiterate that prayer, as a mere habit, as a performance gone through by routine or in a professional way, is a dead and rotten thing. — Edward McKendree Bounds
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell. — Lascelles Abercrombie
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. — Sayings
Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel. — Horace
People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak. — Al-Ghazali
Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder. — Edward Hirsch
I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear. — Paramahansa Yogananda
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them? — Buddha
The work of rehearsal is looking for meaning and then making it meaningful. — Peter Brook
Short Recitation Quotes
A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for. — Richard Wurmbrand
Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance. — Louis de Montfort
Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull. — Rod Serling
When people love and recite the Rosary they find it makes them better. — Anthony Mary Claret
Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked. — Voltaire
I haven't seen someone so overmatched since Mike Tyson tried to recite the alphabet. — Dennis Miller
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. — Jesse Ventura
If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. — W. Somerset Maugham
Poem Recitation Quotes
Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator. — Daniel Handler
God may reduce you on Judgment Day to tears of shame, reciting by heart the poems you would have written, had your life been good. — W. H. Auden
When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you're reciting. — David Whyte
When I started reciting my own poems in public, I worried that it would seem too theatrical, but now I find recitation very natural, because it allows me to address audiences directly. — James Arthur
Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy mountains recite an epic poem of geologic conflicts. The starry sky reveal gigantic suns and space and time without end. — A. E. Douglass
My songs were influenced not so much by poetry on the page but by poetry being recited by the poets who recited poems with jazz bands. — Bob Dylan
I take pride in never being rude to anyone on this earth, which contains a great number of unbearable villains who set upon you to recount their sufferings and even recite their poems. — Heinrich Heine
The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite. — Willie Nelson
Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue ribbon reciting the vernacular poems of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, in particular "Little Brown Baby." — Michael Eric Dyson
When you get a class reciting some great poems, it'll tear your heart out. — Derek Walcott
Motivational Quotes
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods. — Rick Ross
No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt — Miyamoto Musashi
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle
The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God...and if you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family Rosary. — Pope Pius X
The big catalyst was seeing my sister, when I was 11, doing a dramatic recital. When I saw her on the stage and everyone listening to her so patiently, quietly, that's all I wanted: for someone to look at me and listen to me, but in some beautiful and artistic way. — Gene Wilder
He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous One — Said Nursi
When we are placed in a set of circumstances where we have to take initiative and be creative, some of us find it hard to transition. Those people have been trained not to think but to obey orders. They are slaves to the training, unconsciously pledging allegiance to the average. Mentally they recite from the manual of mediocrity. — T. D. Jakes
All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying. — Clement of Alexandria
Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers. — Eudora Welty
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker
The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function. — Glenn Greenwald
There is no surer means of calling down God's blessing upon the family than the daily recitation of the Rosary. — Pope Pius XII
The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors. — Pope Pius XI
Khashyah (fear) is to fear Allah until His fear comes between you and your sins - that is true khashyah. And Dhikr (remembrance) is to obey Allah so whoever obeys Him has indeed remembered Him, and whoever does not obey Him is not a dhakir - even if he makes abundant tasbih (glorification) and recites much of Qur'an. — Ibn Sirin
Women don't want all that. Women just want a partner who is considerate and attentive, who will spoon with them while reciting Keats, and feed them organic yogurt by candlelight on a seaside cliff at sunset. — Stephen Colbert
The status quo was rote memorization and recitation in classrooms thronged with passive children who were sternly disciplined when they expressed individual needs. — David Guterson
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite. — Carol Ann Duffy
Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen. — Jonathan Sacks
Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted. — Joseph Campbell
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward. — Andrea Thompson
They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them! — Al-Maʿarri
The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur'an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among those that have taken the word of Allah in jest. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled. — George Bernard Shaw
Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing. — Ava Gardner
Happiness is to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm and not to pluck the lute in the moonlight or recite poetry among the blossoms. — Ding Ling
A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth. — Frank Luntz
Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming contradictions, redaction and myths passed off as verifiable history. — A. N. Wilson
Zurich in 1915,... While the thunder of the batteries rumbled in the distance, we pasted, we recited, we versified, we sang with all our soul. We searched for an elementary art that would, we thought, save mankind from the madness of these times. — Hans Arp
We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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