Welcome to our collection of leave quotes, where we delve into the diverse perspectives and wisdom surrounding the notion of leaving, whether it be a physical departure from a place, a transition from a phase of life, or an emotional farewell. Leaving is an inevitable part of the human experience, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. It encompasses a myriad of emotions – from the bittersweet nostalgia of parting with familiar surroundings to the excitement and trepidation of embarking on a new journey.
In literature, art, and everyday conversations, the theme of leaving resonates deeply, reflecting our shared experiences of growth, change, and the passage of time. From poignant farewells to empowering declarations of independence, leave quotes capture the complexities of human relationships, the courage required to embrace new beginnings, and the enduring impact of the moments we leave behind. Join us on this exploration of leave quotes, where timeless words offer solace, inspiration, and a reminder that every goodbye holds the promise of new adventures and discoveries. Now, let’s delve into the profound insights and sentiments shared by individuals throughout history on the topic of leaving.
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. William Butler Yeats
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. Franz Kafka
Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest. David O. McKay
That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched. Patti Davis
When I left Dortmund, I said it’s not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave. Jurgen Klopp
Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. Pat Robertson
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Henrik Ibsen
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein
Leave the atom alone. E. Y. Harburg
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. Walter Lippmann
Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind. Noah Feldman
We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. Ronald Reagan
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. Alan Alda
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. Anatole France
We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others. Michael Jordan
After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job. Jackie Robinson
The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God’s plan seems like it doesn’t make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us. Allyson Felix
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind. Dan Lipinski
There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. John F. Kennedy
It’s very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids… you’re not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure. George Foreman
There is good in everything; it’s just how you choose to look at it. Everything that’s worth it has a price. For me to be a model – I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow. Gisele Bundchen
Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. Jim Elliot
I want to leave the Eagles knowing that I left it in good hands. Jason Kelce
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you. Jim Rohn
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor
I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I’m home now. But leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out. Steven Wright
To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness. Eckhart Tolle
When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go. Alexandra Stoddard
The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it – and you don’t leave a Ferrari out in the sun. Joan Collins
Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. Francis of Assisi
I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday. Tim Tebow
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life. Shel Silverstein
I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. ‘Hey, man, what are you playing?’ ‘Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I’m performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!’ Demetri Martin
What shall I say further? Shall I not stop short and leave to your imaginations to portray the tragic deeds of war? Is it not enough that I here leave it even to unexperience to fancy the hardships, the anxieties, the dangers, even of the best life of a soldier? Deborah Sampson
Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. Robert E. Lee
Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave. A. A. Milne
The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. James Baldwin
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‘I release the need for this in my life’. Wayne Dyer
We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it. John Lennon
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. Anita Baker
Before I leave this earth, I’m going to help people have a better future. Giannis Antetokounmpo
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. Ulysses S. Grant
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. Theodore Roosevelt
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Robert Browning
The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it. Ernest Hemingway
My personal opinion, Suni Williams – I think that when we really leave the planet – we all go as humans, not as people from one country or another. We are humans; we work together. This is our only planet as human beings that we know of. So we all should have an interest in preserving it. Sunita Williams
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave. Martin Luther
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it. Ellen Goodman
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It’s what you leave behind you when you go. Randy Travis
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. Rene Descartes
Everyone wants to be safe. Well, I got news for you: You can’t be safe. Life’s not safe. Your work isn’t safe. When you leave the house, it isn’t safe. The air you breathe isn’t going to be safe, not for very long. That’s why you have to enjoy the moment. Lemmy
Leave them wanting more and you know they’ll call you back. Bobby Womack
Do your best and leave the rest to God. Manisha Koirala
Jazz stands for freedom. It’s supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don’t be a perfectionist – leave that to the classical musicians. Dave Brubeck
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. Thomas Jefferson
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. ‘Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.’ Quincy Jones
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Pythagoras
The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone. Oswald Chambers
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. Michael Jackson
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages. Michel de Montaigne
We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind. Gene Cernan
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. C. S. Lewis
When words leave off, music begins. Heinrich Heine
It’s always better to leave the party early. Bill Watterson
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I had a speech class in elementary school. And you know how teachers, when a kid is struggling to pronounce a word, used to lead him and say, ‘Johnny, sounds like… ? Johnny, sounds like… ?’ I said out loud, ‘Sounds like Johnny can’t read.’ Teacher told me to leave the room. Shannon Sharpe
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone. James Anthony Froude
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone. Charlie Chaplin
The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories. Michael Landon
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. Confucius
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone. Ayn Rand
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. Van Morrison
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! Pat Riley
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. Swami Vivekananda
My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed. Alexander the Great
I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. Andrew Carnegie
We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky proposition. In my life, I try to leave the people I encounter with the feeling that they have been respected and treated with warmth and appreciation. El-P
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J. R. R. Tolkien
Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast. Joan of Arc
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. William Jennings Bryan
The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. Mike Huckabee
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. Buddy Hackett
The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It’s like going to get all the ingredients together, and you’ve got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake – or not. Philip Seymour Hoffman
It’s the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they’re gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it’s my turn to leave. Tupac Shakur
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. Pericles
I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. Muriel Strode
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me. Zachary Taylor
Leave no stone unturned. Euripides
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that’s subtraction. Mae West
I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you. Frida Kahlo
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine. David Ogilvy
My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It’s just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she’s the daughter of alcoholics who’d leave her alone at Christmas time. Jim Carrey
It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today. Barack Obama
It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. Branch Rickey
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. Khalil Gibran