“When one of you is angry, he should be silent.” - The Prophet (SAW) [Al-Adab Al-Mufrad]

“Why would God cause you to suffer [for your past sins] if you are grateful and attain to belief - seeing that God is always responsive to gratitude, all-knowing?” - Q4:147

“Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.” - The Prophet (SAW) [Bukhari]

“The believer dies with sweat on his brow.” - The Prophet (SAW) [Tirmidhi]

“Beware of envy, for envy consumes good works as fire consumes wood.” - The Prophet (SAW) [Abu Dawud]

“…it may well be that you hate a thing the while it is good for you, and it may well be that you love a thing the while it is bad for you: and God knows, whereas you do not know.” - Q2:216

“Seek closeness [to God] and be steadfast.. in all that afflicts the believer there is atonement, even a thorn that pricks him.” - The Prophet (SAW)[Tirmidhi]

“Two favors that many of the people squander are health and free time.” - The Prophet (SAW) [Muslim]

“O son of Adam, I do not forget the person who disobeys Me, so how can I forget someone who obeys Me?” - Hadith Qudsi

“A man said: ‘O Messenger of God, which kind of charity is best? He said: ‘Giving charity when you are in good health, and feeling stingy, hoping for a long life and fearing poverty.”’ [Nasa'i]

“Indeed, God will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.” - Q13:11

“and know that your worldly goods and your children are but a trial and a temptation, and that with God there is a tremendous reward” - Q8:28