ruin

No man is demolished but by himself.

All men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Nations have passed away and left no traces And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases They fell because their peoples were not fit.

My downfall raises me to infinite heights.

Candour and generosity unless tempered by due moderation lead to ruin.

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle stricken with a dart Said when he saw the fashion of the shaft 'With our own feathers not by others' hands Are we now smitten.'

I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one.

What does not destroy me makes me strong.

The city defeated him. It refused to be bent into shape; it stayed a willful, sprawling, sinful place. It even told him as much. When he walked through the gutted wreck of old Saint Paul's, he tripped and fell over a piece of rubble -- a tombstone. When he got to his feet and dusted himself down he saw that it read, in Latin, 'Resurgam' -- 'I Will Rise Again.

Sometimes you like to keep things bottled up, but that is not the best policy.

The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.

If you always want to have whatever you want any time you want it with no delays, and denial of self, you would end up ruining your life.

I love you. If you remember nothing else for the rest of your life, if you fall and hit your head and can__ remember my name, if you get so sick you__e unrecognizable, if you hate me, if you__e on your deathbed and can__ manage to even lift a finger _ remember this. I. Love. You. Always. Forever. Eternally. Is that kind of love something you can handle, Saylor?

The fleeting systems lapse like foam,'" he mumbled what was evidently a quotation. "That's it__oam, and fleeting. All man's toil upon the planet was just so much foam. He domesticated the serviceable animals, destroyed the hostile ones, and cleared the land of its wild vegetation. And then he passed, and the flood of primordial life rolled back again, sweeping his handiwork away__he weeds and the forest inundated his fields, the beasts of prey swept over his flocks, and now there are wolves on the Cliff House beach." He was appalled by the thought. "Where four million people disported themselves, the wild wolves roam to-day, and the savage progeny of our loins, with prehistoric weapons, defend themselves against the fanged despoilers. Think of it! And all because of the Scarlet Death_

Worry is a progressive disease that ruins one__ life

How could I let a love go _ one I__ been holding onto for so long _ one that felt like home? It__ not easy to let go of the pieces, even though they__e the reason for my pain. I gripped them so hard that my blood fell like rain. But nothing, nothing could have prepared me for a new life with you _ one I didn__ deserve, one I want to pursue.

Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name.

Expect while reaching for the stars, people to whirl by with their dark clouds and storm upon you.