Undone Quotes

264 Undone quotes by 226 unique authors

When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if… — Cato the Elder
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting us… — Emma Goldman
Scrutamini scripturas (Let us look at the scriptures). These two words have undone the world. — John Selden
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. — Confucius
The woman who thinks she can choose femininity, can toy with it like the social drinker toys with wine - well, she's asking for it,… — Rachel Cusk
People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows… — Junot Diaz
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left… — Sydney J. Harris
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people. — Chief Joseph
I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that… — Lois Lowry
I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone. — Bill Nighy
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. — Pablo Picasso
What's done can't be undone. — William Shakespeare
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in… — Earl Warren
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination… — Lin Yutang
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone. — Alexander Pope
A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute writers… — Doris Lessing
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick… — Neil Gaiman
Backward we traveled to reclaim the day Before we fell, like Icarus, undone; All we find are altars in decay And profane words scrawled black… — Sylvia Plath
Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone. — Khaled Hosseini
God loves us. He's watching us, he wants us to succeed, and we'll know someday that he has not left one thing undone for the… — Ezra Taft Benson
Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he had salvaged once… — Viktor E. Frankl
Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or what we have… — George W. Bush
Tightly held by rocks Through winter, the ice today Begins to come undone: A way-seeker also is the water, Melting, murmuring from the moss. — SaigyÅ
We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits a war or… — C.S. Lewis

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