Aspiring Noble Deeds and Perfection is a Sign of Nobility

"Then know that seeking the virtuous deeds is the end goal of those who strive, and that there are varying levels of good deeds. There are people who see virtue to be asceticism, while others see it as occupation with worship.

In fact, the highest virtues are none other than combining knowledge and action, for when they are achieved, the person is raised to the highest status, for that is the aspired goal, and according to one's ambition, opportunites arise. Thus, your ambition must be to seek perfection. Some people restricted themselves to ascetisism, and others devoted themselves to knowledge, while yet others combined complete knowledge with complete action. However, not everything one desires is achieved, nor does every seeker find what he is seeking, nor does every one who begins a praisworthy matter complete what he began! And not everything one wishes for one achieves, or as the famous poet Abu al-Tayyib said:

'And not every lover of goodness is a doer of it
Nor does every doer of it complete it!'

But one must strive, and each will have that for which he was created for facilitated for him, and Allah, Glory be to Him, is the Giver of Aid."

p.71 from The Value of Time, by Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah

Confidence defined:

con·fi·dence
ˈkän-fə-dən(t)s
noun
14th century

1 a: a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances b: faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way
2: the quality or state of being certain : certitude
3 a: a relation of trust or intimacy b: reliance on another's discretion c: support especially in a legislative body
4: a communication made in confidence : secret

What is confidence anyways?

"When a beautiful woman walks into a room, I may glance up for a moment, but I soon return to my entree or my conversation or the dessert menu. Let's be honest: beauty is not all that interesting (and certainly not more interesting than the dessert menu). But when a confident woman walks into a room, it is entrancing. I'll watch as she moves with poise and self-possession. She is not usually the one in the plain black dress. She is the one in the interesting shirt and vintage skirt, and I immediately want to know where she got them. And she may not be the most stunningly gorgeous woman I've ever seen, but she has a way about her that can make her one of the most intriguing. Confidence is captivating, it is powerful, and it does not fade- and that is endlessly more interesting than beauty." From The Little Black Book of Style by Nina Garcia

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