Brief Quotes

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Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:-- We are as they; Like them we fade away As doth a leaf. — Christina Rossetti
Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this brief one? — Sydney J. Harris
I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human… — William Penn
If you would be pungent, be brief. — Robert Southey
The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its people -- and… — Ronald Reagan
What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself. — Henrik Ibsen
For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, 'Follow me.' Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't… — Jim Rohn
When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief,… — Steve Jobs
Let me give you a definition in brief. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary… — Brigham Young
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass… — Saint Basil
The sun that brief December day Rose cheerless over hills of gray, And, darkly circled, gave at noon A sadder light than waning moon. — John Greenleaf Whittier
If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more. — Matthew Arnold
Satori is a brief flash. Suddenly the light breaks through. For a short timeless time we experience eternity in its unmanifest form. It's comparable to… — Frederick Lenz
The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation… — Vladimir Lenin
The overall commentary on what I'm doing is saying, 'Hey look! I get to create whatever persona I want to, and it's all up to… — RuPaul
No one can stop a home run. No one can understand what it really is, unless you have felt it in your own hands and… — Sadaharu Oh
Continuously thou wilt look at human things as smoke and nothing at all; especially if thou reflectest at the same time, that what has once… — Marcus Aurelius

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