Decay Quotes

437 Decay quotes by 341 unique authors

All our language about the future ... is like a set of signposts pointing into a bright mist ... the New Testament image of the… — N. T. Wright
If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion… — Winston Churchill
It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in… — Lee Atwater
Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.' — Heraclitus
The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance. — Carl Sagan
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy,… — Mark Twain
To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay. — George Orwell
Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all… — John Henry Newman
Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful.… — Jon Foreman
Surely revival delays because prayer decays. — Leonard Ravenhill
A godly man often grows best when his worldly circumstances decay. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for… — Charles Spurgeon
All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence! — Gautama Buddha
The foul slime stands for the sloth and vice of man, the decay of humanity; the fragrant flower that springs from it, for the purity… — Henry David Thoreau
All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee. — Marcus Aurelius
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it. — Francesca Annis
The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a… — Unknown Author
Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the… — Wim Wenders
I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been… — Chief Seattle
....decay and disfavor came together as other parts of the coast were developed, and the canals became weed-clogged ditches breeding mosquitoes, and the hotels were… — Edward Bunker
The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil… — Henry Thomas Buckle

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