Lasting Quotes - Page 15

• Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

  Ludwig Borne

  Change, Perpetual

  "Denkrede auf Jean Paul Friedr. Richter". Book by Ludwig Borne, 1826.

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

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Mean, Vigor, Certain

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• The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving.

  William Arthur Ward

  Giving, Joy, Thrill

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• 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 emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man's only lasting monument.

  William Morris Hunt

  Art, Book, Men

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• 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 wishes to make something great and lasting.

  Paul Gauguin

  Art, Wish, Three

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• To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Spring, Character, Political

  1787-8 The Federalist Papers.

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• Development is among the most important long-term multilateral agendas existing today. As we all know, lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty.

  Pal Schmitt

  Long, Important, Today

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• We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with long standing roots that were flamed when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Any lasting solution must be political and take into account respect for the entire Iraqi population.

  Barbara Lee

  Military, War, Reality

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• All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting good of the present wretched race of slaves. The only possible step that could be taken towards it by the convention was to fix a period after which they should not be imported.

  Oliver Ellsworth

  Taken, Men, Race

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• To engage human energy, human skill, and human talent in the service of peace, for the alternative is unthinkable - war, destruction, and desolation; and to build a world community which will stand as a lasting monument to the millions of men and women, to such devoted and distinguished world citizens and fighters for peace as the late Dag Hammarskjöld, who have given their lives that we may live in happiness and peace.

  Albert Lutuli

  War, Men, Skills

  "Africa and Freedom". Albert Lutuli's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1961.

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• 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

  Spiritual, Lying, Simple

  Twitter post from Oct 30, 2014

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• Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly tabernacle. He experienced joy and sorrow, happiness and grief, lasting satisfaction and frequent disappointments. As Paul has written, "Though he were a Son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him."

  Alma P Burton

  Happiness, Disappointment, Grief

  Alma P. Burton, Clea M. Burton (1966). “For They Shall Be Comforted”, p.30, Cedar Fort

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• Thoughts, words, ideas and information, free from any bonds or restrictions, is the very concrete which pours out a foundation strong enough that upon which a house, stable and lasting, of true freedom and liberty may be built.

  Derek R. Audette

  Strong, Ideas, House

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• The working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are responsible for everything that takes place, the good things and the bad things. True enough, they suffer most from a war, but it is their apathy, craving for authority, etc., that is most responsible for making wars possible. It follows of necessity from this responsibility that the working masses of men and women, they and they alone, are capable of establishing lasting peace.

  Wilhelm Reich

  War, Responsibility, Men

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• Heaven and the spirit world are much more real, beautiful and lasting than the world which you can see with your natural eyes at this very moment.

  David Berg

  Beautiful, Real, Eye

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• Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering.

  Frederick Lenz

  Frustration, Long, People

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• I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question, From how deep and true an impulse did it spring? Was it written merely to shock? Only to make money? Or was it written to create something more perfect and more lasting than the life experience from which it came?

  Lawrence Clark Powell

  Spring, Book, Writing

  Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr

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• What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Believe, Inspire

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some harm us, but none harm us in a lasting way. We remain as they taxi away or as their wreckage is cleared away. We can trust that we will survive.

  David Richo

  Grief, Grieving, Land

  David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.252, Shambhala Publications

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• A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Long, Effort

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• Christian Zionism has become the most powerful and destructive force at work in America today. Influential in shaping Western foreign policy on the Middle East, they are not only inciting hatred between Jews and Muslims but are also the greatest roadblock to lasting peace in the Middle East.

  Stephen Sizer

  Christian, Powerful, America

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• . . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot remain callous to our responsibility toward nature and insensitive to the inherent rights of the animals.

  Nathaniel Altman

  Nature, Responsibility, Animal

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• [America] will stand steadfast with Israel in pursuit of security and a lasting peace.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, America, Presidential

  Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 12 February 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• I know that human prejudice - especially that growing out of race and religion - is cruelly inveterate and lasting.

  Grover Cleveland

  Race, Presidential, Atheism

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• Unless you reduce the long-term spending burden, you cannot cut taxes in any lasting way, but can only shift the burden of taxes from the present to the future.

  Peter George Peterson

  Cutting, Long, Political

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