Lasting Quotes

• Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Giving, Vision, Doe

  Sir Muhammad Iqbal (2002). “Muslim Political Thought: A Reconstruction”

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• I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

  Darrell Royal

  Marriage, Odds, Years

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• The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

  Lillie Langtry

  Garden, Pure, Gladness

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  The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

  Jeff Miller

  Thanksgiving, Country, Gratitude

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• Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Peace, War, Division Of Labor

  Ludwig Von Mises (1962). “The free and prosperous commonwealth: an exposition of the ideas of classical liberalism”

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• You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.

  Mia Hamm

  Sports, Volleyball, Team

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• Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

  Helen Hayes

  Stay Strong, Self, Hiking

  Helen Hayes (2014). “On Reflection: An Autobiography”, p.112, Rowman & Littlefield

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• For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.

  Richard Rolle

  Jesus, Love Is, Perfection

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  To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

  William Hazlitt

  Friendship, Strength, Heart

  William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”

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• Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Profound, Justice, President

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.388, Best Books on

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• I don't think there's ever been anyone like me that's lasted. And I'm going to keep on lasting.

  Paris Hilton

  Thinking, Lasting Love, Like Me

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• You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

  Aldous Huxley

  Love, Emotional, Tears

  Aldous Huxley (1953). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

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• I wasnt thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

  Graham Nash

  Song, Thinking, Longevity

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  Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

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• A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Peace, War, Support

  Speech to United Nations General Assembly, New York, N.Y., 23 Sept. 2003

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• The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm which is not easily disturbed, or else a brokenness that can hardly be healed. Conversely, it is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed in order to produce valuable and lasting results.

  Carl Jung

  Leadership, Uplifting, Relaxation

  "The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche".

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• I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

  J. Paul Getty

  Marriage, Regret, Hate

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• Hate is more lasting than dislike.

  Adolf Hitler

  Hate, Reality, Lasting Love

  "Mein Kampf". Book by Adolf Hitler, Volume I, Chapter 12 - The First Stage in the Development of the German National Socialist Labour Party, 1925.

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• Poets that lasting marble seek, Must come in Latin or in Greek.

  Edmund Waller

  Latin, Greek, Poet

  "Of English Verse". Poem by Edmund Waller (1668); later published in George Gilfillan "Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham", 1857.

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• The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

  Paul Getty

  Art, Real, Tragedy

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• Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

  Maria Montessori

  Peace, War, Educational

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• No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Book, Reading, Library

  Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.554, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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• Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

  William Wycherley

  Fellowship, Pleasure, Rational

  William Wycherley (1751). “The Country Wife: A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal. Written by Mr. Wycherley”, p.10

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• One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made.

  Carroll O'Connor

  Business, Years, Numbers

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• I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Violence, Lasting Love

  "Shirin 'Ebadi – Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate". Interview with Amir Taheri, www.memri.org. October 19, 2003.

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