#ruin

He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it. ↗

— Leopold Von Ranke

#divine #eyes #go #himself #into

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization. ↗

— Herbert Read

#christianity #civilization #emerge #emerged #just

The only trouble here is they won't let us study enough. They are so afraid we shall break down and you know the reputation of the College is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without ruining their health? ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#break #college #college degree #degree #down

Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#break up #communities #disastrous #effects #families

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around. ↗

— Kelly Ripa

#better #children #first #get #i

Reality continues to ruin my life. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#life #my life #reality #ruin

One and all, the orthodox creeds are crumbling into ruins everywhere. ↗

— John Fiske

#crumbling #everywhere #into #orthodox #ruins

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it. ↗

— King Hussein I

#dotted #empires #every #great #haunting

Industry entirely left to itself, would soon fall to ruin, and a nation letting everything alone would commit suicide. ↗

— Friedrich List

#commit #entirely #everything #fall #industry

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#monarchies #poverty #republics #ruins