Permanence Quotes

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle

Strong, Soul, Weak

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
Zhuangzi

Everything, Away, Point

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Jean Paul

Change, Strong, Situation

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.
Christopher Lasch

Life, Family, Loyalty

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Henri Matisse

Making, Advantage, Drawing

I don't think that the permanence of the individual human soul is an indispensable part of religious thought.
Lewis Thomas

Human, Thought, Soul

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
Tryon Edwards

Faith, Science, Sometimes

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.
Edward Thorndike

Number, Race, Evolution

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
Edward Thorndike

Possible, Growth, Number

I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
Norman Granz

Art, Jazz, Apart

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
Joe Henderson

Time, Important, Found

My wife is very interested in fashion. I am absolutely not. I couldn't give a toss. Fashion is a perfectly valid thing to be interested in. I'm just not particularly interested in pop culture. I think I am more interested in things that have a settled permanence about them.
Simon Winchester

Wife, Give, Fashion

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.
David Vitter

Marriage, History, Social

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