Quotes about Fragile

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.

People seem to fight about things very unsuitable for fighting. They make a frightful noise in support of very quiet things. They knock each other about in the name of very fragile things.

It [ballet] projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.

Life is very precious to God. That's why He made it so fragile and so short." "That make absolutely no sense." "Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us-so He made it as frail as fine china.

Things of this world all eventually reveal what incapable anchors they really are.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

My heart currently resembles the ashes of my cigarettes.