Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.
— Albert Einstein
Most Powerful Wilts quotations
It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity.
. .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl?
Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet;
and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee.
A long time ago, there were lovers that lived on the opposite ends of a river.
They promised to meet when the camellia flowers bloomed. But it rained so much the boat couldn't cross the river. So the two couldn't meet, even though the camellia flowers had all bloomed. Lets meet again. Before the camellia flowers wilt.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main ocean they, this deed accursed An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.
The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling;
it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once...I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger;
give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded by love. It is bound to wilt in a world where the rich have no time and the cultivated no money. But it never harmonizes with borrowed greatness.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
I take this pain, Lord Jesus, From Thine own hand;
The strength to bear it bravely Thou wilt command. I am too weak for effort. So let me rest, In hush of sweet submission On Thine own breast.
In my garden the winds have beaten the ripe lilies;
in my garden, the salt has wilted the first flakes of young narcissus.
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.
As flowerlets drooped and puckered in the night turn up to the returning sun and spread their petals wide on his new warmth and light-just so my wilted spirits rose again and such a heat of zeal surged through my veins that I was born anew.
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.
O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee : I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be.
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
I love to thik of my little children whom God has called to himself as away at school-at the best school in the universe, under the best teachers, learning the best things, in the best possible manner. O death! We thank thee for the light that thou wilt shed upon our ignorance.
Let it crumble! Let the rocks revile me and flowers wilt at my coming.
Your whole universe is not enough to prove me wrong. You are the king of gods, king of stones and stars, king of the waves of the sea. But you are not the king of man.
Once a blooming red rose, full of streaming life in its veins.
Now a wilting black petal rupturing with death and pain.
Rocking on a lazy billow With roaming eyes, Cushioned on a dreamy pillow, Thou art now wise. Wake the power within thee slumbering, Trim the plot that's in thy keeping, Thou wilt bless the task when reaping Sweet labour's prize.
I don't know what I can do about the aging.
Yes, I am aging. Oh my God, I'm aging all the time. It's like those flowers that wilt in front of you in time-lapse films. But what can I possibly do? Look like a lunatic?
If the world is ever conquered for our Lord, it is not by ministers, nor by office-bearers, nor by the great, and noble and mighty, but by every member of Christ's body being a working member; doing his work; filling his own sphere; holding his own post; and saying to Jesus, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"
May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers, With what pretty music Shall we charm the hours? Wilt thou have pipe and reed, Blown in the open mead? Or to the lute give heed In the green bowers.
He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.