Quotes About Fall

Pride goeth before destruction," he quoted, "and a haughty spirit before a fall.

A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Man by the fall fell at the same time from his state of innocence and from his dominion over nature. Both of these losses, however, can even in this life be in some part repaired; the former by religion and faith, the latter by the arts and sciences.

La soberbia nunca baja de donde sube, porque siempre cae de donde subió.

Though the body is its genesis, a poem is the vision of a process Out of ceaseless motion in edgeless space Carved in space, vision your poor eye's single armor against winter spring summer fall

Do you know why empires fall? Because they can no longer believe their own lies.

They were all outraged," Grella said. "And then they fell into line

Just as a man does not really desire food until he is hungry, so he does not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ. No one adequately and properly knows why he needs Christ until he understands and accepts the doctrine of the Fall and its effects upon all mankind" ("Book of Mormon," 85).

How . . ." Dalinar said. "You fell into a chasm!" "I fell face-first, sir," Kaladin said, "and fortunately, I'm particularly hard-headed.

Omin] ...All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise - some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity comes from strife, child." Page 193

You watch yourself," I said, wishing I had something to stand on to bring my eyes level with his. "When you are broken and mourning your fall from grace, I will consume your shadow in my own, and laugh at your misery.

I will take responsibility for what I have done," whispered Dalinar. "If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.

Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise—some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another. As one is blessed, it is his privilege to help those whose lives are not as easy. Unity comes from strife, child.

She fell because she was looking through the library's nonfriction section.) We

I will take responsibility for what I have done. If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man

Captain," said one of the guardsmen. "I was here when it happened, watching him on the balcony. It fell right out. Barely a sound. I was standing here, looking out at the Plains and thinking to myself, and next I knew His Majesty was hanging right there, holding on for his life and cursing like a caravan worker." The guard blushed. "Sir.

we are afraid to fight the most powerful. And so, the domination of the tyrants continues. So long as they do not fall, the others will not truly fear us.

The tree slowly fell over, playing dead.

All things must progress, and progression is not always a steady incline. Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise

What's wrong with feeling nostalgic? It's the only distraction left for those who have no faith in the future." Nostalgia can be a dangerous distraction, and it can underpin a feeling of resignation or hopelessness after a fall.

Of course, fall isn't just about preparing for winter. It's also about sitting on the patio in a worn wool sweater and warming your hands over the swirl of steam rising from a coffee cup. It's about walking across a darkened yard and seeing a flight of geese cross the face of a full moon. It's about settling in, relishing sights and sensations of a world slowing down.

It's a queer sensation, this secret belief that one stands on the brink of the world's greatest catastrophe. For it means the fall of Western Europe, as it fell in the fourth century. It recurs to me every November, and culminates every December. I have to get over it as I can, and hide, for fear of being sent to an asylum.