Ashes Quotes

540 quotes by 408 authors

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner. — Walter Savage Landor
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? — Thomas B. Macaulay
I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. — Groucho Marx
I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes. — Bess Myerson
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. — Jawaharlal Nehru
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning… — Barack Obama
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. — Abigail Van Buren
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in… — Richard Pryor
My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I'd scatter his ashes at Neiman Marcus - that way, I'd visit him every day. — Joan Rivers
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and… — Carl Sandburg
To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. — Chief Seattle
At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern… — Wilbur Smith
You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life. — Mattie Stepanek
My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to… — Lech Walesa
Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. — H.G. Wells
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled… — Jack London
But thy strong Hours indignant workâ€™d their wills, And beat me down and marrâ€™d and wasted me, And thoâ€™ they could not end me, left… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
It wasn't so easy though, ending the war. A war is a huge fire; the ashes from it drift far, and settle slowly. — Margaret Atwood
Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and… — Dylan Thomas

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