Wither Quotes

168 quotes by 142 authors

I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as… — John Ruskin
A tale of scandal is as fatal to the credit of a prudent lady as a fever is generally to those of the strongest constitutions.… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Passion is the breath we take, the water we drink to sustain ourselves. Without air and water we perish; without passion an artist will wither… — Jack White
A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness.… — Lyndon B. Johnson
We must not only protect the country side and save it from destruction, we must restore what has been destroyed and salvage the beauty and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Feel that your body is like a bundle of flowers. When someone gives you flowers you enjoy their beauty, their purity. But you realize that,… — Frederick Lenz
A church can wither as surely under the ministry of soulless Bible exposition as it can where no Bible is given. To be effective the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I… — Louisa May Alcott
My feeling is that poetry will wither on the vine if you don't regularly come back to the simplest fundamentals of the poem: rhythm, rhyme,… — James Fenton
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine. — Naveen Jain
Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. — James Joyce
If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die. — Rand Paul
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle… — Pythagoras
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts… — Gene Roddenberry
Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them. — Samuel Rutherford
I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs? What kind of thing is that to do to… — Yann Martel
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. — Marcel Proust

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