Dust Quotes

No one is beat till he quits, no one is through till he stops. No matter how hard failure hits, no matter how often he drops, a fellow's not down till he lies in the dust and refuses to rise.

Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind.

From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.

Moths are the ones that freak me out. It's something to do with the way that, if they get squashed, they turn to dust. There's something very wrong about that. It all feels a bit Gothic.

Poetry is any page from a sketchbook of outlines of a doorknob with thumb-prints of dust, blood, dreams.

Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.

When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead - When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed.

There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers.

Spring is the usual period for house-cleaning and removing the dust and dirt which, notwithstanding all precautions, will accumulate during the winter months from dust, smoke, gas, etc.

My biggest regret is rolling in regret. It is best to pick yourself up , dust yourself off and move on.

But do not look down on even the most minute of things; for with the coming of daybreak, even the tiniest particles of dust in this world sing and dance in the sunlight.

She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.

The dust of exploded beliefs may make a fine sunset.

Where am I and doing what? You might well ask. Freaky chick, you say? You can't imagine. I am priestess of a sandcastle in a land of dust and starlight.

Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. We are nothing, but dust and to dust we shall return. Amen.

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all the way pop.

Art sweeps the everyday dust from your soul.

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

May the Lord level in the dust those who would deprive the people of their liberty.

One visit with a child can supply us with enough creativity dust to last for a lifetime... Visit with children like you're the child you ought to be more often.

Filmmakers don't work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don't last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust.

I must get out all my ambitions and dust them.

Remember the root word of humble and human is the same: humus: earth. We are dust. We are created; it is God who made us and not we ourselves. But we were made to be co-creators with our maker.

I looked a hundred times and all I saw was dust. The sun broke through and flecks of gold filled the air.

We are star dust in the highest exalted way, called by the universe, reaching out to the universe

I am the servant of the Qur'an as long as I have life. I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen One.

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust

April, like a child, Writes hieroglyphs on dust with flowers, Wipes them away and forgets.

She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust.

If man is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust.

I drive a car till it turns to dust, then I sweep up the dust and ride on the dust.

... freshness trembles beneath the surface of Everyday, a joy perpetual to all who catch its opal lights beneath the dust of habit.

Do not think about the body. The body comes and goes; for it there is birth and there is death. But you are not the body. Body is just rust and dust. Think only of God. Love God.

We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.

In my case, dust has become gold: Today, I work with people I grew up admiring.

For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust

... if they [your children] write their names in the dust on the furniture, don't let them put the year.

Can storied urn, or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death?

To a collector of curios, the dust is metadata.

We need a coat with two pockets. In one pocket there is dust, and in the other pocket there is gold. We need a coat with two pockets to remind us who we are.

Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.

Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

I would rather be ashes than dust.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again; it's the only way to achieve your goals in life.

I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.