Prodigal Quotes

54 quotes by 47 authors

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. — John Ciardi
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. — Ben Jonson
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.... — Hannah More
One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of… — George Sand
If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself. — Charles Caleb Colton
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker. — Charles Caleb Colton
... we ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for all time-or for… — Winston Churchill
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The first breath of autumn was in the air, a prodigal feeling, a feeling of wanting, taking, and keeping before it is too late. — J. L. Carr
Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the… — Joseph Hall
Those that dare lose a day, ate dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, are desperate. — Joseph Hall
Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease. — John Dryden
Summer is a prodigal of joy. The grass Swarms with delighted insects as I pass, And crowds of grasshoppers at every stride Jump out all… — John Clare
The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast. — Max Lucado
I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of… — Hjalmar Branting
Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness. — William Wordsworth
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found. — Henri Nouwen
When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment. — Max Lucado
To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better. — Charles Spurgeon
Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly… — Earnest Hooton

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