Ruins Quotes - Page 22

• From that house there has come so much life that it ought never to die or fall into ruin... For me that house was a gateway to America.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Fall, Home, America

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• Consider that it is not failing in this or that attempt to come to Christ, but a giving-over of your endeavors, that will be your ruin.

  John Owen

  Failure, Giving, Failing

  John Owen (1839). “The Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ, God and Man: To which are Subjoined, Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ”, p.567

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• How widely its agencies vary,- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary.

  Thomas Hood

  Queens, Agency, Coins

  Thomas Hood, Thomas Hood (Jr.) (1867). “The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood”, p.99

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• One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.

  Seth Godin

  Honor, Criticism, Realizing

  Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.47, Penguin

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• The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.

  Jose Rizal

  Country, Saving, Noli Me Tangere

  Jose Rizal, Charles Derbyshire (1912). “The reign of greed: a complete English version of El Filibusterismo from the Spanish”

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• Simplicity of living gives you sensitivity of character. A lot of people told me that leaving L.A. and moving to Volcano (district of the Big Island) would ruin my career, but that's my kuleana, my business.

  Jason Scott Lee

  Moving, Character, Islands

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• Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.

  Walter Benjamin

  Realms, Allegory

  Walter Benjamin, Michael William Jennings, Brigid Doherty (2008). “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media”, p.180, Harvard University Press

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• Memory cuts both ways; it can either provide you with tremendous strength and a foundation to carry you through your life, or it can be a demon that just ruins your present and your future because you can’t let go of the past.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Letting Go, Memories, Cutting

  "Laurie Halse Anderson Thinks Adults Should Be Reading More YA". Interview with Krystie Lee Yandoli, www.buzzfeed.com.

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• It goes to establish a just and permanent principle of trade which puts an end to all serious fluctuations in prices and consequently, to all the insecurity and ruin which these fluctuations produce; and to build up those who are already ruined.

  Josiah Warren

  Insecurity, Principles, Serious

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• If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

  Luciano Pavarotti

  Fall, Voice, Singing

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• The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.

  Charles Colson

  Bible, Heaven, Historical

  Charles W. Colson, Anne Morse (2006). “The One Year Devotions for People of Purpose”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Hurry ruins saints as well as artists. They want quick success, and they are in such a hurry to get it that they cannot take time to be true to themselves. And when the madness is upon them, they argue that their very haste is a species of integrity.

  Thomas Merton

  Integrity, Artist, Haste

  Thomas Merton (2003). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.101, Shambhala Publications

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• If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.

  J. C. Ryle

  Men, Redemption, Holiness

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• When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to do permanent damage to a piece of writing. You cannot ruin it. You can only make it a little better a little at a time.

  Richard Bausch

  Writing, Pieces, Littles

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• Join the community of saints and know the delight of your own Soul. Enter the ruins of your Heart and Learn the Meaning of Humility.

  Rumi

  Heart, Humility, Community

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• I'm sorry; I ruin people's interviews because I just talk about rubbish.

  Maisie Williams

  Sorry, People, Rubbish

  "Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams on How Arya's Quest Is About More Than Vengeance". Interview with Shunal Doke, in.ign.com. April 4, 2014.

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• Never Try To Ruin Someone.. That's Bad Karma.. Let Them Ruin Themselves The Victory Is That Much Sweeter. You Reap What You Sow!

  Amanda Bynes

  Karma, Victory, Trying

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• I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

  Bill Murray

  Reputation, Made, Horrible

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• I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

  Joan Baez

  People, Individual, Having Hope

  "Q: Didn't hanging out with Dylan and the Beatles feel like intruding on a boys' club? A: Yeah. So I'd make tea. And dry Dylan's sweaty vests". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2006.

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• From attachment comes longing, and longing breeds anger. From anger comes delusion, and from delusion, confused memory. From confused memory comes the ruin of discrimination; and from the ruin of discrimination, a man perishes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Memories, Confused, Men

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• And ruin`d love when it is built anew, grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Strong, Firsts

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.331

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• Don't slag off other creators or companies. We'll cheerfully mock dumb politicians on Twitter, but we try to never slam another creator's work or make fun of another company's projects or initiatives. First, because life's too short. We'd rather use that time to celebrate the fantastic work of colleagues and friends. Second, because it's a small world, and people have long memories. A few snarky words today can ruin a chance for an incredibly rewarding creative partnership tomorrow.

  Greg Pak

  Fun, Memories, Long

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• We feel surprise when travellers tell us of the vast dimensions of the Pyramids and other great ruins, but how utterly insignificant are the greatest of these, when compared to these mountains of stone accumulated by the agency of various minute and tender animals!

  Charles Darwin

  Nature, Animal, Agency

  Charles Darwin (2003). “On the Origin of Species”, p.461, Broadview Press

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• Ignorance is a treasure of infinite price that most men squander, when they should cherish its least fragments; some ruin it by educating themselves, others, unable to so much as conceive of making use of it, let it waste away. Quite on the contrary, we should search for it assiduously in what we think we know best. Leaf through a dictionary or try to make one, and you will find that every word covers and masks a well so bottomless that the questions you toss into it arouse no more than an echo.

  Paul Valery

  Education, Ignorance, Men

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• That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing. What should you say about them in your mind? "Lord be merciful to them, forgive them their sins, put the fear of God in them, change them!" You are loving in them not what they are, but what you would have them to become.

  Saint Augustine

  Love, Forgiveness, Hate

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