Fleeting Quotes

347 Fleeting quotes by 294 unique authors

Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about… — Dani Shapiro
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting. — Sallust
There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received. — Francesco Guicciardini
The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction… — Meher Baba
I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting. — Taylor Momsen
I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past… — Meghan O'Rourke
The body comes and goes. This life, my friend, will come and go. It is a fleeting moment, an impulse in an eternal reality. — Frederick Lenz
It's all fleeting. As fame is fleeting, so are all the trappings of fame fleeting. The money, the clothes, the furniture. — Johnny Cash
The world is fleeting; all things pass away; Or is it we that pass and they that stay? — Lucian
One of the funny things of being a producer, you have these fleeting, intense relationships with people, and they go off to global megastardom, and… — Paul Epworth
Some movies, I think, present ideas of the world that just don't help people with their lives. They just present things that are fleeting or… — Alden Ehrenreich
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. The odors of fruits waft me… — Helen Keller
I had always shown childhood as something difficult, something you want to get the hell out of, but now I wanted to do a story… — Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
A photograph isn't necessarily a lie, but nor is it the truth. It's more of a fleeting, subjective impression. What I most like about photography… — Martine Franck
I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime. — Joseph E. Johnston
Put money in it's place. Money can buy you cars, houses, trinkets, fleeting sex, shallow companionship, cheap attention, and unfulfilled status. However, it can't buy… — Ernie J Zelinski
None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's… — Frederick Lenz
Looking for the essence of beauty is comprehending and appreciating that quality in an object which is fairer and better than only what our eyes… — Luci Swindoll
How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated… — Charles Darwin
Oh longing for places that were not Cherished enough in that fleeting hour How I long to make good from afar The forgotten gesture, the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process. — Pema Chodron
Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available in… — Sathya Sai Baba
Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary… — Daniel Gilbert
Music moves me - duh - and that is like having a window opening on a heightened reality, but the effect is fleeting: When the… — Yann Martel
Save the fleeting minute; learn gracefully to dodge the bore. — William Osler

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