Boris Yeltsin Quotes

Things that burn very brightly, we wonder how long they can keep burning.

I'd rather be a shooting star than a fading star.

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

You see the film, you might be entertained, and if it's not a great film, it loses its power very quickly. I think even simply acceptable books stay with us a lot longer.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

We pass through this world but once.

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.

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!

I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way.

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.

We're all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly.

As an artist, as a person, I don't want to be here for just a little while.

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.

We are all born to die—the difference is the intensity with which we choose to live.

We have to burn brightly. We can’t burn forever

When I was younger I was looking for this magic meaning of life. It's very simple now. Making the lives of others better, doing something of lasting value. That's the meaning of life, it's that simple.

I'd rather die than fade away

Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance.

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

What lasting impact will I make on the world and those around me? What will I live my life for? How will I be remembered? I want to leave the world a better place than it was when I got here. I want to experience as much as I can in this very short life that we have.

I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter time... the world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain debt toward it, because I have walked on this earth for thirty years, and out of gratitude I want to leave some souvenir.