32 Quotes & Sayings By Aisha Mirza

Born to a Pakistani family, Aisha moved to the United States at the age of thirteen. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from Harvard University and a Masters Degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government. Aisha is currently an Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement at the White House Read more

In addition to her work at the White House, she is also a freelance writer and public speaker who has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and other major news networks. Her writing has been published in The Huffington Post and Cosmopolitan Magazine as well as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She is the author of I'm With Him: What I Saw At Ground Zero And How We Can Stop Terror In America—And Defeat Radical Islam.

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Thoughtful minds grow, from the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy. Aisha Mirza
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Thoughtful minds grow, in the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy. Aisha Mirza
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Power and control are more dangerous than any weapons. Aisha Mirza
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Be careful of what we say or do on this earth as every word and every action has a return. Aisha Mirza
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Tears are the words that the heart could not express, silent truths the eyes do confess. Aisha Mirza
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I write to taste life twice; to savour the flavour of sweet times gone by, or spit out the bitterness before it multiplies. Aisha Mirza
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In the shade of words sits life itself. Aisha Mirza
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Sometimes we will love people not for who they are, nor for what we gain from them but what they are. Those people that reflect a light. Those that make it easy to love, make us willing to give, and make us wanting to be in their presence. Aisha Mirza
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The heart stays heavy if it remains in a state of unforgiveness. Aisha Mirza
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They say compassion is the only voice; a gift which can help mend the broken, lift the fallen and soften the hardened. Aisha Mirza
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We sometimes just have to let things be. There are times in life that things happen, and we just cannot control them. There are times when we don't want things to happen, but they do. Things that we don't want to know, we learn. Times in which people we can't live without, we have to let go. The greatest learning is accepting what has, what is, and what will be. Remaining focussed on where we want to go, and how we want to get there. It might not go the way we planned, or the way we hoped it would be. No one said life would be easy, but at least we keep trying, and working hard at making it the best life it can be. Aisha Mirza
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Sometimes the best journeys are those, that start when we do not plan, continue how we do not expect and are taking us places we do not know. Aisha Mirza
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It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind. Aisha Mirza
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Sometimes we must forge distance to gauge clarity in our vision and perception. Aisha Mirza
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In knowing you I, discovered my self. Aisha Mirza
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Negativity only breeds more negativity. I wish to not allow it to enter my heart and not for it to take harbour. It may make itself a home and never leave. Aisha Mirza
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Sometime we must visit old memories to make new ones. Aisha Mirza
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I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self. Aisha Mirza
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Striking a balance in life is tough, but trying to strike balance and remain fair in the face of imbalance and oppression is even tougher. Aisha Mirza
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Slavery remains rife, the shackles are just different. Labels and desires have replaced the cuffs and chains. Aisha Mirza
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A story is inside of us all. Each word and sentence is alive and we grace the pages to keep it from dying. Aisha Mirza
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Sometimes we need the world and all the people on her to abandon us so we can turn to the One who will never leave us stranded. Aisha Mirza
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Perception is the lens through which we interpret experiences, and when we change the lens we change how we experience. Aisha Mirza
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If we have touched another's life with our action and through our words then we have lived. Aisha Mirza
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Today I hope to live life. To wake each morning and persevere through the struggles. To understand that there is reason and purpose. I choose to find my path and strive upon it, rising everytime I fall. I choose to keep smiling through the pain, and not be discouraged by others who choose disappointment and despair. I choose to be kind even in the face of animosity. To not become fearful in the presence of hatred. I choose to let go of hurt and forgive. Mend what is broken, I choose to wear my scars, and choose not to be a victim. I choose to stand with truth, my truth, my worth, and stand against all injustice. I choose the life gifted to me, till life is no more. Aisha Mirza
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We all have the greatest potential. Life is about finding it, embracing it and then learning to be with it in the world without fear of prejudice or judgment. Aisha Mirza
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Forging fake smiles to hide painful truths doesn't take away the hurt, but sometimes safeguards our emotions from those adamant not to understand. Aisha Mirza
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My flaws and imperfections make me perfectly incomplete. Aisha Mirza
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Is this not the reason I write, to leave a piece of me behind? Aisha Mirza
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Having high resilience does not mean it doesn't sometimes sting. Aisha Mirza
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What good is a fragile spirit, as when touched, shatters into a thousand pieces. Aisha Mirza