Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.
         

How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.


Gilbert K. Chesterton
Check all other quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/How-quickly-revolutions-grow-old-and-worse-620112>.





Check out


Other quotes of Gilbert K. Chesterton


Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





Other quotes you may like


If you want to succeed in life you have to blaze your own paths

If you want to succeed in life you have to blaze your own paths



Resentment generates hate

Resentment generates hate



Always endeavor to really be what you would wish to appear.

Always endeavor to really be what you would wish to appear.



Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.

Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.



After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.

After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.



I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.

I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me.



Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.

Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.



Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world.

Teachers inspire the smallest hearts to grow big enough to change the world.



Let us go over, and sit in the shade of the trees.

Let us go over, and sit in the shade of the trees.



Tell me that you don’t take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.

Tell me that you don’t take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.". Author of this quote is Gilbert K. Chesterton. This quote is about respectable, revolution, war, grows,.