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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.

I always do a mental audit at the end of the week to make sure I'm balancing time between my career and my personal life.

Quotes by Jill Wagner

The players come out and want to be as fresh as they can, press, keep a team in their end, create chances, create set pieces, and really try and get the upper hand early.

Quotes by Jill Ellis

I'm looking for someone who works as hard as I do. Who loves their work as much as I do, so at the end of the night we have something real to talk about, something exciting that makes our blood...

Quotes by Jill Scott

The end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure.

Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

Quotes by Jil Sander

We can end cancer as we know it.

Quotes by Jill Biden

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

Quotes by Jesus Christ

Once you are successful, there's a very seductive rhythm at work that keeps you wanting to outdo yourself. By the end of 'Spirit' I felt like I didn't want to get into that trap. It almost makes you cartoon-like.

Quotes by Jewel

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

Quotes by Jewel

I do feel like the end of 'Mad Men' is a sort of a coming of age.

Quotes by Jessica Pare

It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even...

Quotes by Jessica Ennis-Hill

The scandal happened and I made the best of it. I kind of feel like in the end it was a blessing.

Quotes by Jessica Hahn

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

Quotes by Jessi Colter

Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers.

Quotes by Jessica Alba

One thing I thought of, I call it By Sea, By Land, By Foot. It'd be a 100-mile paddle, a 100-mile run, and a 100-mile bike, back-to-back-to-back. But I don't want to end up in the hospital.

Quotes by Jesse Itzler

Besides, Weebles are too hard to draw - they just end up looking like eggs, not people.

Quotes by Jesse James Garrett

The mystery form was very helpful for me as a beginning writer because mystery novels and suspense novels have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Quotes by Jesse Kellerman

To liberate women and end violence is to break down the culture of power imbalance.

Quotes by Jess Phillips

By the end, everybody had a label - pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.

Quotes by Jerry Rubin

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.

Quotes by Jerry Seinfeld

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.