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Rest Quotes

How people picture the time that's left.

These rest quotes lean toward what people decide matters most with the time they have — one athlete weighs squad fairness around uneven pay, another chooses family and a slower game over everything else. The Life collection covers similar ground from a broader angle.

As recently as the September 11 event, the majority of Muslims were, as the rest of the world was, against its violence. However, if despair and humiliation continue in the population of more than one billion Muslims, the world will...

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest of the United States and the rest of the world.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I always find my emotions all over the map, not so much a single thing overriding the rest.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

I need to be allowed to make my own decisions and mistakes, take leaps - and fall - without receiving too much help, because it's what I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

Life Quotes

We have this consolation, that it was the evident dispensation of God which brought us to this country; and still further, that if the world was all before us, where to choose our place of rest, we should not desire...

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

I had to make lifestyle changes and stick to them for the rest of my life. For instance, I've had to give up bread, rice, sugar, and oil completely.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I don't think past experiences guarantee anything and I don't think you can rest on your morals.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually...

Quotes by Adam Savage

Like Quotes

It's my world, and the rest of us are living in it.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

Who knows - I would like to think that I'd be a fantastic president, and I'd be extremely levelheaded, and I'd be very fair, and I wouldn't persecute people, and I'd listen to the people that disagreed with me and...

Quotes by Adam Rayner

I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'

Quotes by Adam Peaty

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

Quotes by Adam Grant

I think from an East Coast point of view, you'd be like, 'Oh, a California record's a sunny record.' It's like you spend three hours in the studio because the rest of the time you must be at the beach.

Quotes by Adam Granduciel

Me Quotes

That's something I learned as a philosophy major: The philosophy ethos is, always question, never rest.

Quotes by Adam Conover

There are people who are unsure, and maybe their minds can be changed based on someone's work and accomplishments. Those people are the ones I'm interested in having stay tuned and watching for the rest of my career.

Quotes by Adam Cole

A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.

Quotes by Abraham Polonsky

It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.

Quotes by Abraham Maslow

Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till...

Abraham Lincoln

More Quotes

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

Abraham Lincoln

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "rest" mean in most of these quotes?
In this collection, "rest" mostly means what remains rather than relaxation. For example, one speaker worries about fairness "if one player had a much higher salary than the rest," using it to mean the remaining teammates.
Is there a quote here about lasting commitment?
Yes — one speaker sounds completely content with a long-term choice: "I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome." It's an enthusiastic take on devoting the remainder of your time to something you love. For more quotes about devoting yourself to a path, see Life quotes.
Do any quotes connect family and long-term plans?
One does, balancing family and career: "I have the rest of my life to play the British Open." The speaker treats family time as the priority now, with the rest of their career comfortably waiting. If you enjoy quotes about weighing priorities, More quotes explores similar ground.
Is any quote here critical or political?
Yes, one is a pointed political critique: the speaker says a party "treated it like free money and then kept on doing all the rest of the things they normally do," criticizing a lack of adaptation. For more first-person opinions like this, browse Me quotes.
What's the overall feel of the "rest" quotes on this page?
They range from sports fairness to politics to personal contentment, but they share a focus on what remains — whether that's a remaining paycheck gap, remaining habits, or the rest of a life well spent. For more quotes that play with everyday words this way, check out Like quotes.

A touring musician here says he'd happily spend every year ahead exactly this way, a reminder that contentment looks different depending on who's speaking. Browse More quotes or Me quotes for related personal reflections.