Frail Quotes

164 Frail quotes by 148 unique authors

Spirits that live throughout, Vital in every part, not as frail man, In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die. — John Milton
The word is a thing of mystery, so volatile that it vanishes almost on the lip, yet so powerful that it decides fates and determines… — Romano Guardini
Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of… — Alexis Carrel
You that in far-off countries of the sky can dwell secure, look back upon me here; for I am weary of this frail world's decay. — Murasaki Shikibu
Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein. — Leslie Fiedler
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of… — Thomas de Quincey
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling… — Charles Caleb Colton
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what… — Thomas a Kempis
Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying. — R. Scott Bakker
Not even a mighty warrior can brake a frail arrow when it is multiplied and supported by its fellows. As long as you brothers support… — Genghis Khan
My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time. — Michael Clarke Duncan
Anger is the ego's way of cloaking fear to make what is frail seem formidable. — Alan Cohen
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more… — Florida Scott-Maxwell
I STILL THINK THE REVOLUTION IS TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR POETRY, MEANDERING, FOR THE FRAIL AND VULNERABLE, THE RARE AND OBSCURE, THE IMPRACTICAL… — Rebecca Solnit
Sublime places repeat in grand terms a lesson that ordinary life typically teaches viciously: that the universe is mightier than we are, that we are… — Alain de Botton
There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the task… — Hector Hugh Munro
No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our… — Daisaku Ikeda
The loveliest, sweetest flower that bloomed in paradise, and the first that died, has rarely blossomed since on mortal soil. It is so frail, so… — Elizabeth Fry
No bit of the natural world is more valuable or more vulnerable than the tree bit. Nothing is more like ourselves, standing upright, caught between… — Seamus Heaney
The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch. — Corazon Aquino

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