Persistent Object

Famous quotes containing the words persistent and/or object:

    The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by attaching itself to a larger conception of what constitutes the self.
    Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)

    We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)