Transience

Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.

- William Cullen Bryant Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

- Malcolm Muggeridge Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends It gives a lovely light

- Edna St. Vincent Millay Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Human transience, always an essential if unstated aspect of his landscape paintings, became an overt theme when Woody turned to the human figure as a subject.

- William Peterson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes