Top 217 Wither Quotes & Sayings

If your faith isn't rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly.

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

If you do not pour water on your plant, what will happen? It will slowly wither and die. Our habits will also slowly wither and die away if we do not give them an opportunity to manifest. You need not fight to stop a habit. Just don’t give it an opportunity to repeat itself. (67)

People and nations wither away without the freedom to question what is presented to them as the truth.

Truth is a flower in whose neighbourhood others must wither.

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. ~Song of the Sparrow

'Tis thought the king is dead; we will not stay. The bay trees in our country are all wither'd.

Without hope, love dies and parts of you wither.

As with everything in nature, if your life isn’t supported by a grounded source of energy, it will wither and lose its vitality.

Guns alone are not the answer. We must provide hope for young people for better housing, clothing, and food; and if we do, the radicals will wither away

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.

American democracy is in grave danger from the changes in the environment in which ideas either live and spread or wither and die.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

Reason and happiness are like other flowers; they wither when plucked.

The roads of science are narrow, so that they who travel them, must wither follow or meet one another.

Planning your own coming-of-age experience may wither you prematurely, but just think of it this way: If you can get through this, childbirth should be a breeze.

Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.

Flowers are born, and they wither...

Look upon me, Mistress. Watch as I wither!

If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.

Men would wither and custom stale them, but diamonds! Ah, they were crystallized immortality!

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

Without challenges we would literally wither and die (which also would be perfect).

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

You and I are just like a blade of grass sitting here; we are going to wither and die. "But the word of the Lord endures forever"

Faith is not a delicate flower which would wither away under the slightest stormy weather.

I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

When I have plucked the rose, I cannot give it vital growth again, It needs must wither. I'll smell it on the tree.

We're so conditioned to believe that milk does a body good and that we need enormous amounts of protein or we'll wither away. Look around, we're not withering - we're fat.

The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.

Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year.... Autumn is the time when in fact the leaves bud. Leaves wither because winter begins; but they also wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny as percussion caps out of which the spring will crack.... It is only an optical illusion that my flowers die in autumn; for in reality they are born.

Worthless as wither'd weeds.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Truth will flourish in fantasy, only to wither and die in what you are pleased to call reality.

Love is a tender plant; when properly nourished, it becomes sturdy and enduring, but neglected it will soon wither and die.

Whatever's merely willful, and not miraculous (be never it so skilful) must wither fail and cease - but better than to grow beauty knows no.

Eventually we will all wither and die in the wasteland of logic and science.

I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.

Lunch." I said. "Immediately. I'm going to wither away to absolutely nothing. Then you'll be racked with guilt." "I doubt it.

But if there must be an end, let it be loud. Let it be bloody. Better to burn than to wither away in the dark.

Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't?

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.

If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.

Better to lose oneself in action than to wither in despair.

Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.