Withers Quotes

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.