Recollection Quotes

201 quotes by 172 authors

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go. — Brooks Atkinson
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere… — William Bartram
Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti
My recollection is - and I'd have to confirm this - but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school. — Joe Biden
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To me travel is triple delight: anticipation, performance, and recollection. — Ilka Chase
I suppose we all have our recollections of our earlier holidays, all bristling with horror. — Flann O'Brien
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness; that is, she… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a… — Oscar Wilde
I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the marrow. We have… — Adolf Hitler
When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find salvation in a… — Henri Nouwen
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed… — Seneca the Younger
There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress… — Samuel Johnson
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies. — Charles Caleb Colton
The true art of memory is the art of attention. — Samuel Johnson
A strong memory is commonly coupled with infirm judgment. — Michel de Montaigne
Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem. — Horace
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. — Alexander Smith
Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad. — George Bernard Shaw

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