أشجَعُ النّاسِ مَن غَلَبَ هَواهُ The Most Courageous of People is he who Overcomes his Desires

37ـ سُليمانُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ الغالِبَ لِهَواهُ أشَدُّ مِن الّذي يَفتَحُ المَدينَةَ وَحدَهُ .

37– Solomon (AS) said, ‘Someone who prevails over his desires is stronger than he who captures a city by himself.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 60]
 

38ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أشجَعُ النّاسِ مَن غَلَبَ هَواهُ .

38– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most courageous of people is he who overcomes his desires.’[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 195, no. 1]
 

39ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ الشَّديدَ لَيسَ مَن غَلَبَ النّاسَ، ولكِنَّ الشَّديدَ مَن غَلَبَ على نَفسِهِ .

39– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A strong person is not one who overcomes people, but a strong person is one who overcomes his own self.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 10]