Ruin Quotes

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am quite ready to say so. ... Terrible as was what the world did to me, what I did to myself was far more terrible still.

The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly.

Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; But when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state..

I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame.

It goes to establish a just and permanent principle of trade which puts an end to all serious fluctuations in prices and consequently, to all the insecurity and ruin which these fluctuations produce; and to build up those who are already ruined.

Everywhere Bulgarians had passed, one sees only blood, dishonor and ruin …. It is a refinement of cruelty which the imagination refuses to comprehend.

Bad as despotism is, doomed as it is to work its own ruin, the first fruits of its overthrow are not love and liberty.

There is dissatisfaction in all of us. Some of us take out that dissatisfaction by attempting to ruin whatever you are attempting to do. This is a fact of life.

We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. We shall destroy their docks, their factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake; we shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war. It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.

Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken.

Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.

Everywhere the Bulgarians have passed, one sees only blood, dishonor and ruin. It is a refinement of cruelty which the imagination refuses to comprehend.

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Everything is still falling apart.

Talk about dues, we paid a damn ton of 'em. So many that if things ever went too smoothly, it would ruin the group.

A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.

I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.

Sometimes too much tolerance can kill you. If you are tolerant of people poisoning themselves to death they will drag you down. They will ruin your life by being intentional obstacles to your dreams.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.