Withering Quotes

47 quotes by 45 authors

In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the withering and consumption… — John Owen
However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power… — Stephen R. Donaldson
Among the environmental trends undermining our future are shrinking forests, expanding deserts, falling water tables, collapsing fisheries, disappearing species, and rising temperatures. The temperature increases… — Lester R. Brown
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but… — Corazon Aquino
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and… — Carl Hiaasen
No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish… — Dogen
Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful. — Maureen Dowd
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great… — Martin Luther
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got… — Carl Sagan
The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not… — A B Simpson
PLATITUDE, n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. All that is mortal of a… — Ambrose Bierce
I remember that one time Carl Sagan was giving a talk, and he spelled out, in a kind of withering succession, these great theories of… — Ann Druyan
It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely… — Sebastian Barry
With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us… — Yasmin Mogahed
[T]he sprawl of government into every conceivable realm of life has caused the withering of traditional institutions. Fathers become unnecessary if the government provides Aid… — Mona Charen
For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special… — Barnabas
If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive. — Emanuel Steward
[For men] to feel their souls withering within them, unthanked, to find their whole being sunk into an unrecognized abyss, to be counted off into… — John Ruskin
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,- Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies:… — Homer
Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That… — Alfred Armand Montapert

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