Vain Quotes

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson
Heart Live Vain I Can Shall Stop Romantic Breaking
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. Friedrich Nietzsche
Today Truth You Training Tomorrow Will Mountains Vain Able Point Higher Never Reach Powers Climb Up Either Your
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. Buddha
Alone Man Selfish Walk Men Fools Live Vain Rather Obstinate Quarrelsome Than Who Companionship
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist. Akhenaton
Beautiful Woman Power Beautiful Woman Beauty Stars Vain Virtue Charms Than Heaven Influence Modesty Brighter Her Enlighten Resist Lustre
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie
Love Humble Vain More Make Does Praise Us
Nature does nothing in vain. Aristotle
Nature Nothing Vain Does
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln
God Government Freedom People Nation Resolve Vain Birth Earth Shall Highly New For The People Dead Perish Died Here By The People
The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. Florence Nightingale
Selfish Vain Entirely Rather More Martyr Lazy Sacrifices Make Narrow Narrower Themselves
I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! Anne Frank
Death People Met Living Vain Those All People Never Like Most Go Want After Useful Even Lived Enjoyment Bring
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance. Baruch Spinoza
Man Reality Become Imagination Vain Pleasing Easily He Come Himself Pass Proud May Universal Nuisance Imagine
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen
Words Pride Think Vain Others Relates Our Though Ourselves Would Vanity More Without Opinion Proud Person May Often Being Different Us Used Different Things Things
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. Carl Jung
Intelligence Will Vain Solve Struggled Mystery Intellect Hands Often
Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God. Ellen G. White
God Faith Wonderful Vain Favor Hopeful Must Some Only Through Idea Make Becomes Sinner Effort Child Order Gain Connecting Many Believing Jesus Vague Vague Idea
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again. Omar Khayyam
Life Today Wise Fate Tomorrow Will Living Vain Thou Though Tell Never Come Pass Nor Again Canst Therefore Living Life
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. Lord Byron
Man Dark Ocean Control Vain Ruin Earth Marks Thousand Ten Over His Roll Blue Shore Stops Thee Sweep Deep
The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody's interested in somebody who's just vain with a hole in their head, talking about the latest thing - there is no latest thing. It's all rubbish. Vivienne Westwood
People Somebody Vain Rubbish Latest Sexiest About Head Nobody Talking Just Hole Interested Thing Thinkers
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. John Keats
Wisdom You Wise Man Will Vain Definition Neither Vanity Give He Proud Proud Man Nor Cannot Who Filled
There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best. Cristiano Ronaldo
Success Best Me Hate People Made Arrogant Whatever Vain Say Out Part Am Who
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. Mika Waltari
Life Hope Weary Too Much My Life Seen Lost Past Own Vain Too Other Dread Immortality Kings My Own Only Prey Write Writers Come Known Am Sake Gods Differ Much
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain. Muhammad Ali
Life Better Made Mistakes Vain Changed Way Share Along Even Lived
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Voltaire
Death Coward Vain Defying Follows Only Close Escape Brave Behind Flee
To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain. Henry Drummond
Achievement Man World Worth Become Before Ambition Every Vain Caring Folly Only The Only Thing Which Lower Whole Thing
I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to affirm, I will not hesitate to punish those who are responsible fiercely. I will hold those in charge who have violated the rights of our youth with the harshest punishment stipulated in the law. Hosni Mubarak
You Rights Youth Law Will Before Vain Our Hesitate Punish Those Punishment Telling Charge Responsible Would Martyrs Like Am Go Blood Affirm Hold Anything Fiercely Who Injured Violated
I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure. Kenneth Branagh
Best People Greedy Think Vain Worst Insecure Kindest Generous Most Greatest Actor
Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain. P. T. Barnum
Alone Nature Business Women Men Live Vain Our Moods Worthily Ministers Something Never He Lighter Feel Mission Hours Without Opinion His Women And Children Established Children Want In My Opinion Cannot Fulfills Who Creator Lived Satisfy Gravity Need
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle
Great History Man World Men Vain Great Man Great Men Man Lives The History Of Lives Biography
Load more quotes

No more vain quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try another of these similiar topics.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025