Sayings · Striving without regret for unmet goals

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

٦٩. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَا تُرِيدُ فَلَا تُبَلْ مَا كُنْتَ.

Original English translation

69. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: If what you aim at does not come about then do not worry as to what you were.

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