Hawzah News Agency – Imam Zayn al-Abidin peace be upon him says:
لا حَسَبَ لِقُرَشيٍّ ولا عَرَبيٍّ إلّا بِتَواضُعٍ، ولا كرَمَ إلّا بِتَقوى.
'There is no nobility for the Qurayshite, nor the Arab other than through humbleness, and no dignity other than through Godwariness.'
Source: Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 288, no. 19