Quotes about Transient
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
— Job 7:10
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
— Psalm 102:11
God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.
— Os Guinness
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
— Psalm 78:39
God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.
— Os Guinness
Paul declares that 'flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom.' He doesn't mean that physicality will be abolished. 'Flesh and blood' is a technical term for that which is corruptible, transient, heading for death. The contrast is not between what we call physical and what we call nonphysical but between corruptible physicality, on the one hand, and incorruptible physicality, on the other.
— NT Wright
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
— Job 14:2
Life is a breath, a passing breeze; a blade of grass, green and vibrant for a time, only to wither, die, and disappear. Soon you will be dead.
— Andy Andrews
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
— Job 20:9
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
— Job 9:25
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
— Job 20:8
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
— Psalm 103:16