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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.

In the end, what counts is what you do.

Quotes by Leroy Hood

The end of the Nineties was an unhappy Primus camp. I hit a creative stagnation that wasn't helping us forward, and the personal elements, it just was time to stop.

Quotes by Les Claypool

At the end of 1964, wholesale prices had been relatively stable for some years.

Quotes by Leonard Woodcock

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Leonardo da Vinci

Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end.

Leonardo da Vinci

I never had the sense that there was an end: that there was a retirement or that there was a jackpot.

Quotes by Leonard Cohen

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

Quotes by Leonard Nimoy

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Quotes by Leonard Nimoy

Sometimes one misses the sign posts as you're going down the road. They aren't as obvious as they become when you get to the end of the road, so to speak.

Quotes by Leon Russell

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.

Quotes by Leon Trotsky

Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.

Quotes by Leon Uris

But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple.

Quotes by Leo Ornstein

It happens in this business - The Rolling Stones were ripped off, so were the Beatles. George Harrison hardly had anything left in the end.

Quotes by Leo Sayer

Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.

Quotes by Leon Askin

At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.

Quotes by Leon Askin

Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice.

Quotes by Leo Burnett

Things meant to appeal to the masses usually end up appealing to no one.

Quotes by Lena Waithe

We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run.

Quotes by Lennie James

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Quotes by Len Wein

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

Quotes by Leila Janah

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection say about responsibility and consciousness?
One quote reflects on the duty felt by those "involved in the receiving end of the oppression," tying awareness to responsibility. For more thought-provoking lines, see our Ending collection.
Is there a quote comparing war to a game of chess?
Yes - one quote describes how, for Germany, "the war was like an end game in chess in which she possessed one castle less than her adversary." Browse more in our End Result section.
Does the collection include personal wartime memories?
One quote recalls losing a home in 1943 and moving to "a cottage I owned before the war in the Bavarian Alps," describing crowded conditions there by war's end.
Is there a lighter quote about being spared hardship?
Yes - one quote notes, somewhat wryly, "I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick." For more on outcomes and consequences, see our End Product page.
Are these quotes mostly about endings in a literal sense?
They use "end" in several ways - from the ending of a conflict to being on the receiving end of something difficult. Explore more in our End Of The World collection.

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.