“If you do not act, the world dies, and you with it. Surely survival is worth a little effort? Unless you are so eager to retire to that dismal heaven of your Christian god?”

— Melinda M. Snodgrass

Source: Queen's Gambit Declined (1989), Chapter 2 (p. 21)

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American writer 1951

Ibrahim ibn Adham (718–776) ascetic Sufi saint

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 27

“You nobles, you sons of my leading men, soft and dandified, trusting in your birth and your wealth, paying no attention to my command and your advancement, you neglected the pursuit of learning and indulged yourselves in the sport of pleasure and idleness and foolish pastimes. By the King of the heavens I think nothing of your nobility and your beauty. Others can admire you. Know this without any doubt; unless you rapidly make up for your idleness by eager effort, you will never receive any benefit from Charlemagne.”

Charlemagne (748–814) King of the Franks, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor

Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz)

“What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life”

Christopher Paolini book Eragon

Source: Eragon

“When you see the world you see God. There is no seeing God, apart from the world. Beyond the world to see God is to be God. The light by which you see the world, which is God, is the tiny little spark: ‘I am,’ apparently so small, yet the first and the last in every act of knowing and loving.”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

God
Source: "I am That." P.61-2.

“Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do—then do it with all your strength.”

George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States

This saying is not found in any source before 2010, when it was posted by The Ignorant Fisherman at Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2451682/posts on 15 February. The language is not that of Washington or his time.
Misattributed, Spurious attributions

“Myron reflected that there are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don't wish to do.”

Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright

Work of Art (1934) Ch. 21

“Unless you have retired or inherited a fortune, you need to work to fund your life. You owe it to yourself to ensure that your working day can be as positive and enjoyable as possible – so much fun that it does not feel like work anymore.”

Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach

Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living (2016) https://books.google.ae/books?idnu0lCwAAQBAJ&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIMjAE

“Remake the wild, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world. You cannot wait for anyone else, even a god, to do that for you.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“I advise you to recite the Qur’an and remember Allah much, for surely the Qur’an will remember you (do your dhikr) in the Heavens and it will be a Divine Light (nur) for you on the Earth.”

Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam

Al-Khisal, Page 525
Shi'ite Hadith

“You're sent from heaven
And I know your worth.
You made a heaven for me here on the earth.
When I'm old and grey, dear,
Promise you won't stray, dear,
For I love you so, Sonny Boy.”

Buddy de Sylva (1895–1950) American musician

Song: Sonny Boy (de Sylva wrote the words; Lew Brown and Ray Henderson wrote the music; Al Jolson insisted on being credited too)

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