Ashes Quotes

540 quotes by 408 authors

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series. — Ian Botham
There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes — Ian Botham
Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes. — Gustav Mahler
For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath. — Alice Miller
Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses like ashes. The work accomplished… — Robert Musil
Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness,… — Thomas Merton
Nevertheless, the liturgy of Ash Wednesday is not focussed on the sinfulness of the penitent but on the mercy of God. The question of sinfulness… — Thomas Merton
My monochrome pictures are not my definite works, but the preparation for my works. They are the leftovers from the creative processes, the ashes. My… — Yves Klein
Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes — Marcus Aurelius
There is nothing more agreeable than having a place where one can throw on the floor as many cigar butts as one pleases without the… — Fidel Castro
How hard a thing is life to the lowly and yet how human and real is it? And all this life and love and strife… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to… — Elisabeth Elliot
Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empiresâ€¦ But what history really… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Volcanic ash will be experienced in all parts of your world, as the volcanoes around your earth are simultaneously activated. Face masks and goggles will… — Esther Hicks
After all why should our goal be the reinstatement of an illusory 'exact' relationship between events and words? If you probe in the ashes you… — M. John Harrison
The body is not important. It is made of dust; it is made of ashes. It is food for the worms. The winds and the… — Rudolfo Anaya
Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes! — Iwane Matsui
Sometimes hate is not enough to turn this all to ashes, together as one and against all others, break all of their wings to make… — Marilyn Manson
When I die, nieces, I want to be cremated, my ashes taken up in a bush plane and sprinkled onto the people in town below.… — Joseph Boyden

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