"A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever."
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"Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone."
"Everyone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavors, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and this life is not the only life, then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling, can matter forever."
"Some people want to go forever, I just want to burn off hard and bright."
"The master understands that the universe is forever out of control"
"You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever."
"Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time."
"Even in dreams, you could not fall forever."
"Who wants to live forever?"
"Every noble life leaves the fibre of it interwoven forever in the work of the world."
"It's a great honor that something that you took part in creating becomes this forever object."
"Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...'"
"You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever."
"What if a dawn of a doom of a dream bites this universe in two, peels forever out of his grave, and sprinkles nowhere with me and you?"
"Once a man is united to God, how could he not live forever?"
"Intake is everything. And that is, that's where you start to realize your ego has no business in our business. Once you think you know everything, it's only a matter of time. So I will forever remain a student."
"Decorum -- that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by."
"Relationships are forever. They are eternal. Not just permanent in this lifetime. Once you establish a relationship, it is an eternal relationship."
"Abnormally good or abnormally bad conditions do not last forever."
"Of course I'm troubled by huge consumer debt levels - we've pushed consumer credit very hard in the US. Eventually, if it keeps growing, it will stop growing. As Herb Stein said, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." When it stops, it may be unpleasant. Other than Herb Stein's quote, I have no comment. But the things that trouble you are troubling me."