Temporary Quotes

786 quotes by 594 authors

Pain is temporary, film is forever. — Michael J. Fox
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than… — Benjamin Franklin
Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. — Milton Friedman
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. — Mahatma Gandhi
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal. — Mahatma Gandhi
America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity.… — Jennifer Granholm
Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. — Germaine Greer
Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. — Mason Cooley
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. — William Feather
Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private… — Martin Feldstein
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent… — Ernest Hemingway
Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the… — Napoleon Hill
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. — Napoleon Hill
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. — Thomas a Kempis
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no… — Doris Lessing
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure,… — Vince Lombardi
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. — James Russell Lowell
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die. — Martin Luther
Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. — John Lydon

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