Giving up positions of leadership is more difficult than giving up the world (and its pleasures).

—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]

(Read on pg 92, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)