We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect. Anwar Sadat More Quotes by Anwar Sadat More Quotes From Anwar Sadat I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace. Anwar Sadat men peace believe He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality. Anwar Sadat stress change inspirational If you don't have the capacity to change yourself and your own attitudes, then nothing around you can be changed. Anwar Sadat change-yourself capacity attitude I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran. Anwar Sadat crush israel promise There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. Anwar Sadat diversity family justice Real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self. Anwar Sadat victory real self I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process. Anwar Sadat taught intellectual reality If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you. Anwar Sadat power-to-change change-yourself change Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith. Anwar Sadat rights loss war I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge. Anwar Sadat care self success To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy. Anwar Sadat hate love mean Peace is more precious than a piece of land. Anwar Sadat land peace history Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. Anwar Sadat fear believe people The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water. Anwar Sadat egypt water war Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. Anwar Sadat success motivational positive I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me. Anwar Sadat knowing-who-you-are important believe This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people. Anwar Sadat religious lying people Faith means that a man should regard any disaster simply as a fate-determined blow which must be endured. Anwar Sadat fate faith mean There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. Anwar Sadat respect happiness people Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist. Anwar Sadat masters men needs