“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

—  Jean Paul Sartre , book The Devil and the Good Lord

Act 10, sc. 2
The Devil and the Good Lord (1951)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and tak…" by Jean Paul Sartre?
Jean Paul Sartre photo
Jean Paul Sartre 321
French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980

Related quotes

George Herbert photo

“[ What one day gives us another takes away from us. ]”

George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

Elton John photo

“And every one of us has to face that day;
Do you cross the bridge or do you fade away?
And every one of us that ever came to play
Has to cross the bridge or fade away.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

The Bridge
Song lyrics, The Captain & the Kid (2006)

Romain Rolland photo

“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”

Romain Rolland book Juan Criistobal

Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Source: Jean Christophe Vol I
Context: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day.
Context: Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. Do not abuse life. Live in to-day. Be reverent towards each day. Love it, respect it, do not sully it, do not hinder it from coming to flower. Love it even when it is gray and sad like to-day. Do not be anxious. See. It is winter now. Everything is asleep. The good earth will awake again. You have only to be good and patient like the earth. Be reverent. Wait. If you are good, all will go well. If you are not, if you are weak, if you do not succeed, well, you must be happy in that. No doubt it is the best you can do. So, then, why will? Why be angry because of what you cannot do? We all have to do what we can.... Als ich kann.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir photo

“Landscapes are useful to a figure painter, too; out-of-doors one uses colours one would never think of in the weaker studio light. But landscape painting is a thankless job; you waste half a day for the sake of one hour's painting. You only finish one painting out of ten, because the weather keeps changing. You start work on a sunlight effect and it comes on to rain – or you had a few clouds in the sky, and the wind blows them away. It's always the same story!”

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) French painter and sculptor

Source: undated quotes, Renoir – his life and work, 1975, p. 196 : on painting landscape in open air, to art-buyer George Riviere.

Hubert H. Humphrey photo

“Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.”

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978) Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry David Thoreau photo

“Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”

Henry David Thoreau book Walden ou la vie dans les bois

Source: Walden (1854), p.375

“All days come from one day
that much you must know,
you cannot change what's over
but only where you go.”

Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician

Song lyrics, A Day Without Rain (2000)

Terry Goodkind photo

“The light of a new day always chases the shadows of the night away, and shows us that the shape of our fears is only the ghost of our own minds.”

Terry Goodkind book Wizard's First Rule

Source: Wizard's First Rule

John Avlon photo

“Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.”

John Avlon (1973) American journalist

Source: Savor this moment, in the name of the 3,000, May 2, 2011, CNN.com http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-02/opinion/avlon.binladen.killed_1_ground-zero-bin-dead-end?_s=PM:OPINION,

Muhammad Ali photo

“I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) African American boxer, philanthropist and activist

Related topics