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Better the ashes of my own creation than the tyranny of theirs. – HRH Rev Garnet SmuczerRate it:
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all? – Dejan StojanovicRate it:
Fight fire with fire, and all you'll end up with is ashes. – Abigail Van BurenRate it:
Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property. – Richard PryorRate it:
Over the past decade that I've been working with relational and addictive disorders among America's elite men, women and families, I've seen extraordinary healing occur among the ashes of professional, personal and political wastelands. – Paul HokemeyerRate it:
I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. – Jack LondonRate it:
Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes! – Abigail van BurenRate it:
Fame to be sweet must resound in the ears of those we love, in the atmosphere of the land that will guard our ashes. Fame should hover over our tomb to warm with its heat the chill of death, so that we may not be completely reduced to nothingness, that something of us may survive! (Noli Me Tangere) – Dr. Jose P. RizalRate it:
As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes. – Bhagavad GitaRate it:
Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place. – Paul de ManRate it:
When I die I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread out over a soccer field so that the kids can kick my ash. – Tom ZeganRate it:
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. – Carl SandburgRate it:
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. – Carl SandburgRate it:
Ashes keep drifting onto my paper, charcoal snowflakes on a minefield of blanks, words bouncing around off each other uttering impotent images of sight sound terror life crying for recognition, narcissistic eunuchs reflecting my face, ruining the snowfield. – Scott C. HolstadRate it:
Ek shehar hain tera nigahon se dur kahin, jahan milti hain tu mujhe khawabon mein wahin. - Away from my sight, there is a city of yours Where I find you still, when I dream. Chalta nahi zor kismat par ab humara kya karein, milte hain hum inhi kashmakash mein kya karein? - What am I to do, when my will does not move fate? What are we to do, when in these dilemmas we meet? Chalein tere kadam mere safar par jo kabhi, mehsoos hota hain tu mujhe aaj bhi yahin kahin. - And when your feet make their journey my way, I sense you close by, even today. Koi raat aasmano par teri zulf bichati hain, teri yaad chaand ke shakkal mein ubhar kar aati hain. - Sometimes the nights drape your tresses on the darkened sky Where the moon reflects your memories gone by. Mujhe tu kismat se chup kar kabhi mil ja, main khaak ho agar toh tu gulaab ban kar khil ja. - Meet me someday, hidden from destiny And if I am ashes by then, bloom like a rose. Meri nigahon mein qaid hain yeh manzar sabhi, chalte hain teri nigahon se tez khanjar sabhi. - These glimpses I have captured behind my eyes Running like daggers sharper than your eyes. Teri adaa kya kahun kis kadar haseen hain, tu haseen hain, har lihaaz mein aur haseen hain. - What could I ever say, of your beauty, your grace For you are beautifulI n every aspect, beyond beautiful. Main hoon wahin jahan tu hain kahin, juda na ho bas dua hain yehi, hoti rahengi mulakatein tum se, nigahon se dur ho dil se nahi. - I exist, where you exist, and I pray only that we are not pulled apart I will meet you again my love - out of only sight, and not heart. – Wajid ShaikhRate it:
For how can a man die better, than facing fearful odds defending the ashes of his father, and the temple of the gods? – Thomas Babington MacaulayRate it:
Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. – MartialRate it:
I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by a dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in a magnificient glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. – Jack London, Personal CredoRate it:
It is possible, but not guaranteed, to rise from the ashes as a phoenix, as not everyone is capable of it. – Mwanandeke KindemboRate it:
Life can/will sometimes knock you down. It's up to you to either bounce back up or remain where you are knocked down. But, I urge you as ever, don't/never get stuck on where you've fallen. Rather, strive by all means to get back up to your feet. Because, you will hardly make headway until you resolve to get up from your ashes of downfall/failure. – Emeasoba GeorgeRate it:
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. – Thomas BrowneRate it:
Rising and falling is part & parcel of genuine success. Listen up, it does'nt matter how many times that you've fallen. What matters is, how ready you're to rise up from your ashes of failure. – Emeasoba GeorgeRate it:
Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person. – Gerard WayRate it:
the day I die will never come tis' that day should be the day I die as I die I shall lie as ashes with the ones I love most – Austin apollosRate it:

Better the ashes of my own creation than the tyranny of theirs.

– HRH Rev Garnet SmuczerRate it:

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Is that all?

– Dejan StojanovicRate it:

Fight fire with fire, and all you'll end up with is ashes.

– Abigail Van BurenRate it:

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.

– Richard PryorRate it:

Over the past decade that I've been working with relational and addictive disorders among America's elite men, women and families, I've seen extraordinary healing occur among the ashes of professional, personal and political wastelands.

– Paul HokemeyerRate it:

I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

– Jack LondonRate it: