Respite Quotes

Respite Quote of the day

Art is a spiritual, immaterial respite from the hardships of life.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, which is the same thing.

Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill thy Law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for Sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone!

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope.

What was sleep? A blessing, a respite from life, an echo of death, a demanding nuisance?

Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring; Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite doth give, And sendeth good comfort, to such as shall live.

What if culture itself is nothing but a halt, a break, a respite, in the pursuit of barbarity?

Music furnishes a delightful recreation for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.

There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.

As strenuous challenge or contemplative retreat, the parks and other units of the national lands offer welcome respite from the world, a safety valve for body and spirit.

Love is an incurable malady like those pathetic states in which rheumatism affords the sufferer a brief respite only to be replaced by epileptiform headaches.

Play matters because it gives us a brief respite from the tyranny of apparent purpose.

I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.

Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

I liked books - the respite and privacy of them - books about plants and the formation of ice and the business of world wars. Whenever I sank into them I felt free.

Infidelity is not freedom. It's a momentary respite from stressors that are going to come back.

The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often merely a respite or change of disease.

We have to use our freedoms and privileges to see what respite we can give to those less equipped to deal with their challenges.

For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."

Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

Poetry affords us a respite in which we may gather renewed strength for the old struggle to adapt ourselves to reality.

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance―that's closer to human reality.

Margaux was older and wiser now and knew the waves couldn't fix what was wrong in her life, but at least they might give her some temporary respite.

Don’t waste your time dying over the past, spend it living in the present.

...unquestioning automatonsblindly marching to the beat -an eerie crunching soundhoards of shuffling feet...(from silent moments)