Advices

"Excel in ilm (knowledge), excel in amal (actions), and excel in taqwa (piety). And then see how much honour Allah Ta’ala grants you in this very world as well as the hereafter."

“Hell is hidden by the carnal desires and paradise is hidden by hardships.” (Hadith)

"If one were to interact with a non-mahram and nothing was to happen besides the entertainment of a lustful thought, then even in this situation sin has occurred.
For the adultery of the mind is the lustful thought. And it is the constant and deliberate holding of such thoughts that eventually leads one to fornication and adultery in its full form.”

"People complain that we can’t find good company. Well, if
you can’t find pious company then at least stay away from the company of those
who are not pious." (Sheikh Maseehullah)

“It is a ploy of Shaytaan that a religious person weighs his present life with his past life. If he does so, he will think himself to be a saint.”

Rasulullah (saw) said: "Whoever humbles himself for the sake of Allah, Allah raises him [in rank], and whoever is arrogant, Allah degrades him." (Bayhaqi)

We are neither able to appreciate the good qualities of others, nor are we able to recognise our own faults.

The first effect of sin is that one is deprived of tranquillity and serenity in his life.

(Credits: shaykh.wordpress.com)