Legacy Quote by Walter Scott

A ruin is not just something that happened long ago to someone else; its history is that of us all, the transience of power,…

— George Schaller

Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Ruin is when man-made has become part of nature.

— Marco Casagrande

Ruin and recovering are both from within.

— Epictetus

The past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired.

— John LaFarge

I have always been interested in the concept of ruin.

— Greg Kinnear

Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless.

— Leopold von Ranke

In the acceptance of depravity the sense of the past is most truly captured. What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?…

— Djuna Barnes

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

— Cynthia Kenyon

I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement.

— Jimmy Carter

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

— Joseph Hall

We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.

— Allen Johnson