304 Quotes About Dust

The dust dreams of the world it had once been. But the dust, alas, does not command the wind.

On the occasion of a visit to Jane Austen's childhood home in Steventon, Hampshire:"I put my hand down on Jane's desk and bring it up covered with dust. Oh that some of her genius might rub off on me! One would have imagined the devoted female custodian going round with her duster at least every other day.

It is not enough to only discover your potential. Your potential, at best, is like a rock from which the statue is yet to be carved. A rock of raw diamond can’t be used to make rings and the dust of gold is useless for all practical purposes. Only by honing your skill through hard work, you can develop your potential and achieve happiness and success in your life.

What you hear or see doesn’t matter in this place, where in silence wind pours the wine, each soul drunk, whirls, unaware of anyone—and anything.  In this place any soul that’s still and sober— is dust in the wind.

Don't wait for the dust to settle. The dust never settles. - Natalie Norton

Don't wait for the dust to settle.

The dust shall settle down, shall not the spirit

I can't explain it. It's what turns you to powder, being ground between what you can't do and what you must do. You just turn to dust.

Until death, shall a man return to dust.