A Quote by Thomas a Kempis

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth. — © Thomas a Kempis
O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

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How quickly passes away the glory of this world.
Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!
It doesn't matter, that's the point. It doesn't matter that things don't always work exactly the way you thought they should. Moments matter. People matter, how they feel, how they connect. Who they are alone and together. All that matters, no matter how quickly the moment passes. Maybe because it passes.
I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.
So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')
we who determine how quickly time passes.
Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.
Oh how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! If only the lives of these men had been as admirable as their learning, their study and reading would have been to good purpose! But how many in this world care little for the service of God, and perish in their vain learning. Because they choose to be great rather than humble, they perish in their own conceit.
Lord, how the day passes! It's like a life - so quickly when we don't watch it and so slowly when we do.
Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.
The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity, never passes away
It is a time to get our alignment with our dreams and our destiny in order, so we can stand vertical in the season and the dispensations of the glory. For this glory is not like the previous glory - this glory demands an alignment of Heaven and earth so all that is prepared can be released and revealed.
When I hear that I realize how quickly time passes and how everybody goes on their journeys and they're always unbelievable and they never go where you think they're going to take you and, quite frankly, it also makes me feel a little old.
The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away." I believe that nothing passes away without leaving a trace, and that every step we take, however small, has significance for our present and our future existence.
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