Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
King Hussein IRead
Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of setting a positive example to inspire others to achieve their own aspirations.
King Hussein I expresses the desire for Jordan to be a model state that inspires other Arab nations to strive for a better future. Rather than imposing a specific path for others to follow, the aim is to motivate them to pursue their own unique goals and happiness, emphasizing individual potential and self-determination.
Themes
InspirationExampleMotivationHappinessDestinyArab Nations
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about national progress, the leader referenced this quote to highlight the importance of inspiring neighbouring countries.
More from King Hussein I
All quotes →I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.
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God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible.
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The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.
King Hussein IRead
Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.
King Hussein IRead
In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.
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