Welcome to Ends Quotes, where inspiration meets insight in succinct phrases that encapsulate the essence of endings, conclusions, and final chapters. Endings mark the culmination of journeys, the closing of chapters, and the beginning of new adventures. Whether it’s bidding farewell to a cherished phase of life, concluding a profound experience, or simply acknowledging the passage of time, endings evoke a myriad of emotions and reflections.
In this collection, we delve into the profound wisdom and poignant musings surrounding endings. From renowned authors and philosophers to everyday observers, these quotes offer glimpses into the universal truths and complexities that accompany the concept of closure. Each phrase serves as a beacon of contemplation, inviting introspection and offering solace in the face of transition. Join us as we explore the beauty, resilience, and transformative power inherent in endings.
Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power’s disappearance. Hannah Arendt
‘Walking and Talking’ is my autobiography. It’s best to do it that way, rather than spend months writing a book that then ends up in the bargain bucket with all the other idiots’ autobiographies. Kathy Burke
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. William Pitt
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never. Charles Caleb Colton
Where knowledge ends, religion begins. Benjamin Disraeli
Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again. John Muir
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. Will Durant
Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out. Barbra Streisand
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery. Fulton J. Sheen
That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. John Updike
And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own. Andre Malraux
In many cases your imagination is much more effective than what can be shown. It primes you to know something is about to happen – the anticipation and anxiety is worse than what ends up happening. Oren Peli
Anti-Semitism is the hatred that never dies. Violence that begins with the Jews never ends with them. All of this is true. What’s also true is that anti-Semitism is the oldest hatred in the world because individual people have sustained it in every generation. It cannot be defeated until we look these people and their ideologies in the face. Bari Weiss
Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends. Tom Cruise
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it. John Lennon
Where the law ends tyranny begins. Henry Fielding
I think it’s important to have closure in any relationship that ends – from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase. Jennifer Aniston
I don’t like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don’t like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it’s essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you. Wayne Gretzky
I come from a very humble background. My father had to work really hard to become an assistant director. For a large part of his youth, he worked in a mill and took up odd jobs to make ends meet. We lived in a small room and could only afford a meal a day. Dhanush
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. J. R. R. Tolkien
There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will. Frank Harris
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls. Howard Thurman
A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Jawaharlal Nehru
I was blessed with a gift. It’s a gift and a curse. It never ends. Dan Fogelberg
Architecture begins where engineering ends. Walter Gropius
Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways. Alexander Volkov
We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. Mary McLeod Bethune
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. Leonardo da Vinci
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. Thomas Jefferson
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness. Flannery O’Connor
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of 50 or 100 billion other galaxies in the universe. And with every step, every window that modern astrophysics has opened to our mind, the person who wants to feel like they’re the center of everything ends up shrinking. Neil deGrasse Tyson
I don’t know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It’s up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. Mary J. Blige
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats
In one way, I suppose, I have been ‘in denial’ for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. Christopher Hitchens
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends. Herbert Hoover
A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal. Pat Conroy
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. H. L. Mencken
Drama starts where logic ends. Ram Charan
Grief changes shape, but it never ends. Keanu Reeves
In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet. Ronnie Barker
Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there’s nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends. Ani DiFranco
The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another. Noam Chomsky
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. Immanuel Kant
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide. Victor Hugo
It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts. Swami Sivananda
The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases. William Osler
We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime. Lou Holtz
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never. Albert Camus
When ambition ends, happiness begins. Thomas Merton
Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don’t, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition. Jeremy Clarkson
If the ends don’t justify the means, what does? Saul Alinsky
Endings are always tough, but I believe when something ends, there are new beginnings, new opportunities and new things to be excited for, too. Mike Fisher
Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. Francis Hutcheson
I’ve experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum. John Elway
This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper. T. S. Eliot
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. Eleanor Roosevelt
I think you have to know how you feel when you’re sad and it’s healthy to mourn if a relationship ends. Leighton Meester
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. Robert Frost
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. William Shenstone
The Lord gave us two ends – one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. Ann Landers
In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. Anna Jameson
Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us. Russell M. Nelson
Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends. Sigmund Freud
Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration. Taylor Swift
An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house. Maria Callas
When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power. Mark Zuckerberg
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don’t mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it’s got my name on it. Debbie Harry
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. Theodore Roosevelt
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi
It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. Jerome Cady
Almost every time we get together with family or friends, the conversation ends up being about food. Steve Chen
I now believe in God for my own ends. I’m not an altruistic Christian – I’m only doing it in case there is in fact a Heaven. Sean Lock
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. Reinhold Niebuhr
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! Edna St. Vincent Millay
Great art picks up where nature ends. Marc Chagall
From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there’s nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. Hilaire Belloc
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. Hal Borland
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends. Giorgos Seferis
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God. Paramahansa Yogananda
Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying. Aldous Huxley
The grind never ends. Danny Amendola
I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. John Maynard Keynes
Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. Joan Didion
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. Mason Cooley
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. Pythagoras
All of our reasoning ends in surrender to feeling. Blaise Pascal
It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone. Jennifer Coolidge
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth – look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard
Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave – with both ends kicked out. Vance Havner
If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends. Enoch Powell
I want a bit of peace and quiet in my life after burning the candle at both ends. Nigel Benn
I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. Hunter S. Thompson
A people always ends by resembling its shadow. Rudyard Kipling
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together. Steve Jobs