Quotes about Ephemeral
Yesternight the sun went hence,And yet is here today.
— John Donne
The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.
— Bruce Lee
Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.
— Samuel Johnson
Enjoy the rainbow while it lasts and don't chase it when it's gone.
— Marty Rubin
We go on in our pleasures thinking they're going to last forever.
— Billy Graham
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
— Thomas a Kempis
W]hen the pleasure is at the sweetest, death is the nearest (461)[.]
— Richard Baxter
I've learned that the greatest threat to love is not circumstance but the absence of attentions. For we do not neglect others because we have ceased to love; rather we ceased to love others because we have neglected them. I've learned that each day is a miracle unearned. I've learned that while life is ephemeral-a vapor- LOVE is not. In short, I have learned what matters and what does not.
— Richard Paul Evans
The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away. The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee, Expend their bloom in vain. Come over the hills and far with me, And be my love in the rain.
— Robert Frost
They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.
— Billy Sunday
Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst
— John Piper
Life is something you can't borrow and give back; Here today and gone tomorrow...just like that.
— E-40