Rust Quotes

“You know, rust is just oxidation. The same chemical process as fire. Oxygen interacts with steel, electrons drift from one element to the other. So really, rust is a slow fire. Isn't that weird? Water causes something to burn.”

“Iron can only be destroyed by rust, and rust is a slow process which is caused by the hydrogen ion from water in the environment. Coat yourself against negative thoughts and be careful what you feed your mind because your mind is your greatest asset, make sure you are not using it against yourself.”

“It is better to rust out than wear out.”

“Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease.”

“I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.”

“I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.”

“I am ready to burn up but not ready to rust down.”

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

“But when oxidation nibbles more slowly - more delicately, like a tortoise - at the world around us, without a flame, we call it rust and we sometimes scarcely notice as it goes about its business consuming everything from hairpins to whole civilizations.”