Fleeting Quotes

347 Fleeting quotes by 294 unique authors

Occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile."..' Opportunity is fleeting, experiment dangerous, and judgement difficult. — Deborah Harkness
I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is… — Vincent Van Gogh
This moment and this chance, they are the same, and they are mine if I choose them,and I do. I want them. Now and as… — James Frey
When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment. — Robert Silverberg
I had the fleeting thought then that we are each of us pathetic in one way or another, and the trick is to marry a… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only… — Richard Brautigan
Love is not a whim. Love is not a flower that fades with a few fleeting years. Love is a choice wedded to action, my… — Brent Weeks
For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians… — George S. Patton
Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites. — Jim Butcher
Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show… — Paulo Coelho
It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved. — Emily Giffin
What do you mean by meant? Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or… — John Green
Please know my deep respect for humans and human life. Such beautiful, fragile animals, so fleeting and easily broken and yet powerful beyond anything faeries… — Kiersten White
I have been happy, though in a dream. I have been happy-and I love the theme: Dreams! in their vivid colouring of life As in… — Edgar Allan Poe
The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the whole process of… — Jack Kornfield
To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage in a life… — BrenÃ© Brown
Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to… — Sarah MacLean
I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want… — Maureen Corrigan
Happiness is so rarely a part of my vocabulary, because for me it's so fleeting — David Levithan
She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after all these years had somehow known exactly what… — Nicholas Sparks
Happiness isn't a constant. You get fleeting glimpses. You have to fight for those moments, but they make it all worth it. — Taylor Swift
All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy, a fleeting taste… — Jodi Picoult
Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now! — Ruth Ozeki
There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard. Haven't finished cleaning the place up but I'm workin' on it and clearly I have… — Buddy Wakefield
No, but I've never been one for wise ideas," he says. "I believe in irrational, fleeting decisions that keep life interesting. And life needs to… — Jessica Sorensen

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