Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 541 authors

Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells. — Lian Hearn
We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place. We stay there even though we go away and there are things in us… — Pascal Mercier
Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those many connections you make has… — Douglas Conant
Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading. — Thomas Jefferson
We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around us in profound… — Rachel Naomi Remen
We all seek purpose in life. Most of us wonder how we can make a positive difference during our brief time on earth. But asking… — Mac Anderson
It is always painful fo part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one… — Oscar Wilde
You've been provided with a perfect body to house your soul for a few brief moments in eternity. So regardless of its size, shape, color,… — Wayne Dyer
To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Human beings are not inevitable, and our brief existence is not preordained to be extended into the distant future. If Homo sapiens is to have… — Jeff Schweitzer
If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and… — James Hansen
Whatever your advice, make it brief. — Horace
Diabolical error decks itself out with ease in lying colors with some appearance of truth, so that the force of pronouncement is corrupted by a… — Pope Clement XIII
POSTNot a head stands out A finger rises Then it is the voice that one knows A signal a brief note A man leaves Up… — Pierre Reverdy
Life is a brief opportunity to do something prehumously. — Robert Breault
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to… — William Strunk, Jr.
Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief. — Mason Cooley
This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of. — Fred Rogers
Our faith comes in moments . . . yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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