Lasting Quotes

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.

Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.

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

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

I also appreciate the lasting friendships I've made while working with our great sponsors through the years, including Miller Lite, Shell and Dodge.

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.

I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to this particular collector but it is being passed on.

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

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.

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.

Being the Republican front-runner was three of the most exciting hours of my entire life. I've come to grips with it, and the only lasting effect is that I refuse to go on a stage that has more than one podium on it.

I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.

My dad told me when I went into high school, 'It's not what you do when you walk in the door that matters. It's what you do when you walk out.' That's when you've made a lasting impression.

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be born.

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

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

Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself.

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