Deserting Quotes

22 quotes by 17 authors

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to… — Douglas MacArthur
When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow… — Douglas MacArthur
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man… — Samuel Ullman
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People… — Douglas MacArthur
We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that… — Edward R. Murrow
Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who had… — Igor Stravinsky
Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends… — William McFee
The killer bees have gone, like rats deserting the Titanic. — Geraldo Rivera
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. — Edward R. Murrow
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give… — Samuel Ullman
Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely to show how… — Arthur Schopenhauer
For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but giving up enthusiasm… — James E. Faust
You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that advancing age equals… — Patrick O'Brian
A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years… — Brennan Manning
When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was deserting.… — Henri Matisse
Where are you my heart is searching but my mind is deserting — Natalya Johnson
They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when… — Eddie Slovik

Who Wrote These Deserting Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 22 Deserting Quotes as follows: