Dust Quotes

1193 Dust quotes by 849 unique authors

Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly like acetylene gas. and that… — Evelyn Waugh
All our philosophy is as dry as dust if it is not immediately translated into some act of living service. — Mahatma Gandhi
Mama took me in her arms and held me tight. Her embrace was hot and she smelled like sweat, dust, and grease, but I wanted… — Sarah Zettel
I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I used to paint… — Ann Hood
Christ is to be answerable for all those that are given to Him, at the last day, and therefore we need not doubt but that… — Thomas Brooks
All political power, all power as such, is stupid. Don't rush after it, don't be ambitious, because all ambition collects dust and only dust. If… — Rajneesh
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I… — George Foreman
When you hear the splash Of the water drops that fall Into the stone bowl You will feel that all the dust Of your mind… — Sen no Rikyu
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean question: Was it good… — John Steinbeck
He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.… — Jack Handey
Geology ... offers always some material for observation. ... [When] spring and summer come round, how easily may the hammer be buckled round the waist,… — Archibald Geikie
The mighty steam-engine has its germ in the simple boiler in which the peasant prepares his food. The huge ship is but the expansion of… — Unknown Author
Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again; it's the only way to achieve your goals… — Michael Uslan
These neutrino observations are so exciting and significant that I think we're about to see the birth of an entirely new branch of astronomy: neutrino… — John N. Bahcall
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. — James Shirley
According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until… — Grazia Deledda
A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade. — Barnabe Barnes
One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth. — Mahatma Gandhi
Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
When we speak of the dust of the lotus feet of the Spiritual Master, we are speaking of humble approach to serve his instructions. Unless… — Radhanath Swami
Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and decay, faiths grow… — Chief Joseph
There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their… — J. G. Holland

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