Rust Quotes

178 quotes by 151 authors

Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its… — George Matthew Adams
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. — Joseph Addison
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes
I would rather wear out than rust out. — George Whitefield
Few minds wear out; more rust out. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. — Benjamin Franklin
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while… — Mata Amritanandamayi
It seems to be saying perpetually; 'I am the end of the nineteenth century; I am glad they built me of iron; let me rust.'… — Hilaire Belloc
The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway… — Martin Lings
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. — William Hazlitt
Everything there is but lovin' leaves a rust on your old soul — Langston Hughes
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work. — Elbert Hubbard
I was writing "Diamonds and Rust' and it had nothing to do with what it turned out to be. I don't remember what it is,… — Joan Baez
Mild depression is a gradual and sometimes permanent thing that undermines people the way rust weakens iron ... Like physical pain that becomes chronic, it… — Andrew Solomon
The writers we absorb when we're young bind us to them, sometimes lightly, sometimes with iron. In time, the bonds fall away, but if you… — Daniel Mendelsohn
We are bound to expire. Even metal which is sturdiest, rusts. Even oxygen, the breath of life, soon transpires. — Luis Medina
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God. — Muhammad
I've wanted to be a drummer since I was about five years old. I used to play on a bath salt container with wires on… — John Bonham
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and… — Tryon Edwards
On the mainland, a rain was falling. The famous Seattle rain. The thin, gray rain that toadstools love. The persistent rain that knows every hidden… — Tom Robbins

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