Quotes and Sayings About Passing Away
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All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.
-- A. B. Simpson -
Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, 'Grief will pass away.'
-- Adelaide Anne ProcterSource : Adelaide Anne Procter (1858). “Legends and lyrics: a book of verses”, p.26
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The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
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The Greeks do not think correctly about coming-to-be and passing-away; for no thing comes to be or passes away, but is mixed together and dissociated from the things that are. And thus they would be correct to call coming-to-be mixing-together and passing-away dissociating
-- AnaxagorasSource : Anaxagoras, Patricia Curd (2007). “Anaxagoras of Clazomenae: Fragments and Testimonia : a Text and Translation with Notes and Essays”, p.72, University of Toronto Press
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The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.
-- Andrew Carnegie -
The human body is constantly undergoing a process of decay and of reconstruction. First builded into the astral form in the womb of the mother, it is built up continually by the insetting of fresh materials. With every moment tiny molecules are passing away from it; with every moment tiny molecules are streaming into it.
-- Annie Besant -
I love Jesus, who said to us: Heaven and earth will pass away. When heaven and earth have passed away, my word will remain. What was your word, Jesus? Love? Forgiveness? Affection? All your words were one word: Wakeup.
-- Antonio MachadoSource : Antonio Machado, Robert Bly (1983). “Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado”, p.109, Wesleyan University Press
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Time is that in which all things pass away.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer -
But why should we not place implicit confidence in God and rely upon His word of promise? Is anything too hard for the Lord? Has His word of promise ever failed? Then let us not entertain any unbelieving suspicions of His future care of us. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not so His promises.
-- Arthur W. PinkSource : Arthur W. Pink (2016). “The Life of Elijah”, p.54, Pickle Partners Publishing
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Thoughts of themselves have no substance; let them arise and pass away unheeded. Thoughts will not take form of themselves, unless they are grasped by the attention; if they are ignored, there will be no appearing and no disappearing.
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Men pass away, but their deeds abide. [His last words.]
-- Augustin-Louis Cauchy -
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Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.
-- Augustus William HareSource : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
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Movie stars and singers never fully pass away because their images are replayed on film and recordings, over and over.
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The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.
-- Bion of Borysthenes -
It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.
-- Boethius -
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Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.
-- BoethiusSource : Boethius, David R Slavitt (2008). “The Consolation of Philosophy”, p.36, Harvard University Press
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In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.
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Remember, 'Even this will pass away.'
-- Chinmayananda SaraswatiSource : "Quotations From Gurudev's Writings". Collected by Chinmaya Mission, Chicago, www.mychinmaya.org.
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I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.
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At issue is not whether the global economy will pass away. It is passing away. Rising populations and debt combined with depletion of freshwater sources and fossil fuel make the status quo untenable. The only question is whether civil society will survive the transition.
-- Daniel SuarezSource : Daniel Suarez (2010). “Freedom (TM)”, p.46, Penguin
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no person will ever get into my blood as a place can ... People and things pass away, but not places.
-- Daphne du Maurier -
The old must pass away. It has served its purpose in the cycles of evolution and must now make way for a new, more expanded and more fruitful manifestation.
-- David Spangler -
Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.
-- Diana Gabaldon -
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Remember that although bodies may pass away, the energy that connects you to a loved one is everlasting and can always be felt when you’re open to receiving it.
-- Doreen Virtue -
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.
-- Douglas HydeSource : Douglas Hyde (1986). “Language, lore, and lyrics: essays and lectures”, Irish Academic Pr
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While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.
-- Elif Safak -
Passing away" is written on the world and all the world contains.
-- Felicia HemansSource : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by J.K. Hoyt & K.L. Roberts, 1922.
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Whatever be thy fate today, Remember, this will pass away!
-- George Eliot -
The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.
-- Ginny Brown-Waite