“ Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is. ”
- Joseph Wood Krutch- Copy
“ We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation. ”
- Alexander Herzen- Copy
“ Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing. ”
- Marlon Riggs- Copy
“ One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures. ”
- J. G. Holland- Copy
“ There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”
- J. G. Holland- Copy
“ Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. ”
- J. B. Priestley- Copy
“ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, wither thou goest. ”
- King Solomon- Copy
“ Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
“ Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. ”
- George MacDonald- Copy
“ There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”
- Josiah Gilbert Holland- Copy
“ Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
“ Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. ”
- Marcel Proust- Copy
“ We need a spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together. If we have no sense of community, the American dream will wither. ”
- Bill Clinton- Copy
“ 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 to wither away. ”
- Gene Roddenberry- Copy
“ Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
“ 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- Copy
“ News reports stand up as people, and people wither into editorials. Cliches walk around on two legs while men are having theirs shot off. ”
- Karl Kraus- Copy
“ People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally "being lived." They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society. ”
- Stephen R. Covey- Copy
“ The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the town he lets wither a time and die. ”
- John Steinbeck- Copy
“ The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ”
- Pearl S. Buck- Copy
“ Women's liberation, if it abolishes the patriarchal family, will abolish a necessary substructure of the authoritarian state, and once that withers away Marx will have come true willy-nilly, so let's get on with it. ”
- Germaine Greer- Copy
“ People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society. ”
- Stephen Covey- Copy
“ Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated. ”
- Martin Seligman- Copy
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