End Quotes
How things end - in war, in careers, in conscience.
This collection leans heavily historical, comparing a lost war to a chess endgame and recalling a family home destroyed during World War II. For quotes specifically about final outcomes and results, see End Result quotes.
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
When primitive law has once been embodied in a Code, there is an end to what may be called its spontaneous development.
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It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.
Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
It's one of the most important things at the end of the day, being able to say no to an investment.
It used to be that you would go in to see a CEO, and you would ask them, 'Is your company for sale?' and if they said 'No, we have no interest in selling,' that was sort of the end...
My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.
A wrestler loves to compete. At the end of the day, a wrestler just wants to compete.
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
In both our personal and professional lives, there are times when reality dictates that we must stand up and 'end' something. Either its time has passed, its season is over, or worse, continuing it would be destructive in some way.
The dreadlocks were easy to maintain: I got up in the morning and flicked my head. If they got too big, I'd pull them apart every now and again. In the end, I got too old for them.
A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
Our efforts to disconnect ourselves from our own suffering end up disconnecting our suffering from God's suffering for us. The way out of our loss and hurt is in and through.
The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity.
Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.
I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches.
As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out.
I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.
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One entry shifts to social conscience, describing a felt duty toward those on whom oppression falls hardest. Readers interested in closure themes can also browse Ending quotes or End Of The World quotes for a more dramatic angle.
