Quotes about Departure

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

As virtuous men pass mildly away And whisper to their souls, to goe, While some of their friends doe say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: So let us melt, and make no noise...

Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades?

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

The street resembled fairgrounds deserted in haste. There was a little of everything: suitcases, briefcases, bags, knives, dishes, banknotes, papers, faded portraits. All the things one planned to take along and finally left behind. They had ceased to matter.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

I cannot help leaving my books behind me whenever God calls me hence; but in every other respect, my own hands will be my executors.

Many times when people leave churches we think it's a doctrinal issue, but most of the time it's a leadership issue.

He possessed the power to depart, as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or a bird half eaten.