Quotes by Lebanese authors
When I was a kid, I used to spend a lot of time at home because of the war. We couldn't go out and play or go to school. Boredom was a big part of my life.
Nadine Labaki
Lebanese actress
Yes, there are obstacles as a woman; there is no doubt about it.
Reem Acra
Fashion designer
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
I always felt that anything is possible.
Nadine Labaki
Lebanese actress
I've seen so many women in my family, so many mothers, that have lost children in the war in such absurd ways. I wonder how they do it. How do they keep living? How do they keep smiling?
Nadine Labaki
Lebanese actress
You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree.
Rafik Hariri
Former Prime Minister of Lebanon
I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
Najib Mikati
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.
Najib Mikati
Prime Minister of Lebanon
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.
Nadine Labaki
Lebanese actress
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
I'm Miss USA, not Miss Religion USA.
Rima Fakih
American model
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
I believe everybody can make a change in the world.
Nadine Labaki
Lebanese actress
Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Essayist
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Essayist
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