Lasting Quotes · Page 18

Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may…

— John Money

Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede…

— Ludwig Quidde

Valor and power may gain a lasting memory, but where are they when the brave and mighty are departed? Their effects may…

— Hartley Coleridge

True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.

— Edmund Burke

The way to acquire lasting esteem is not by the fewness of a writer's faults, but the greatness of his beauties, and…

— Oliver Goldsmith

When we understand the best way to achieve all our goals is to assist others in achieving their goals, we will find…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every…

— Barack Obama

I see is that there are many people who destroy their marriages because of one-night stands with someone else. And as the…

— Paulo Coelho

Public agency is emergent, and the ability of the public to literally put any bank or corporation out of business overnight is…

— Robert David Steele

I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like…

— Texas Battle

All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and…

— Oliver Ellsworth

In some ways, you do lose a bit of freedom but as you get older, you might realize that you've met someone…

— Andrew W.K

There are degrees of loneliness, ways in which the experience of loneliness deepens, becomes something like what we might call a way…

— Thomas L. Dumm

A lot of people think that comedic acting is a lot harder than dramatic acting, but for me it just feels natural.…

— Jillian Rose Reed

Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global…

— Eduardo Paes

The 20s are like the stem cell of human development: the pluripotent moment when any of several outcomes is possible. Decisions and…

— Robin Marantz Henig

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from…

— C. S. Lewis

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

— Ronald Reagan

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the…

— Boris Sidis

Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold…

— Paul Hindemith

There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection.

— Seth

A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the…

— Ivica Dacic

Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.

— M. Scott Peck

I am not convinced that means [Donald] Trump is a lock to be the next president but it does suggest that what…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

You can become instantly successful with a simple thought, but long-lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their commitment to…

— Anonymous

In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for…

— Paul Gauguin

Innovations that drive lasting economic growth emerge from the most advanced science, mathematics and technology.

— Susan Hockfield

Spiritual education is not a distinct and separate discipline; it is part and parcel of all types and levels of education, In…

— Sathya Sai Baba

A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love…

— Ovid

In these simple words, Lord, is it I? lies the beginning of wisdom and the pathway to personal conversion and lasting change.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

A woman must marry the man who loves her but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.

— Mariama Bâ

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

— Anthony Eden

A woman should marry the man who loves her, but never the one that she loves; that is the secret of lasting…

— Mariama Bâ

Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.

— Anonymous

Not everyone has to be a model and a designer, there are so many other options that are great and long-lasting. It's…

— Rachel Roy

Love your life and how you are living it right now, because we only have but so much time to leave a…

— Gebru Villars

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.

— William Hazlitt

I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who…

— Dalai Lama

What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art.…

— Jennifer Egan