Lasting Quotes

801 quotes by 669 authors

On the secret to a lasting marrige: One of you has to be sane, and the other one is only allowed to be insanne occasionally.… — Christopher Meloni
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact… — Pema Chodron
Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace. — Ludwig von Mises
School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions it is the lasting one. Life is dull and stupid, only… — John Taylor Gatto
I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence. — Shirin Ebadi
The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. — Hugo Black
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. — William Wycherley
Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other. — Samuel Johnson
Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment. — Hosea Ballou
Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death. — Ludwig Borne
Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving. — William Arthur Ward
When we will think deeply, then we will realize that enjoyment is short lasting and reality of it is suffering. — Bhakti Charu Swami
Don't make misrepresentations to anyone you deal with. If you believe the other person may have misunderstood you, correct any misunderstanding you find exists. Honesty… — Buck Rodgers
Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every… — William Morris Hunt
Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make… — Kent Nerburn
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he… — Paul Gauguin
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every… — Pope John Paul II
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character. — Alexander Hamilton

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