Quotes about Fleeting

The flower bloomed and faded. The sun rose and sank. The lover loved and went.

As for the beauty of women, it is like the light on the sea, never constant to a single wave. They all have it; they all lose it.

All these things happen in one second and last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

Love is easily killed.

Each leaf he passed he'd never pass again. They rode over his face like veils, already some yellow, their veins like slender bones where the sun shone through them. He had resolved himself to ride on for he could not turn back and the world that day was as lovely as any day that ever was and he was riding to his death.

Life is the little that is left over from dying.

We lose too soon, and only find delight In withered husks of some dead memory.

We have a definite but unknown quantity of experience at our disposal. As soon as the hourglass is turned, the sand will begin to run out and once it starts, it cannot stop until it's all gone.

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

NOBODIES HAVE LASTING SIGNIFICANCE

This is the malady of the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it everlasting. They focus on awards, achievements, and what can be done in their own strength while the Almighty desires to work trough their weakness.