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Long Quotes

On patience, process and playing the long game.

Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.

There will be many obstacles in the pursuit of your dreams. I had long hours of training, balancing studies and badminton.

Quotes by P. V. Sindhu

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Quotes by Pablo Neruda

It takes a long time to become young.

Pablo Picasso

If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what...

Quotes by Pablo Schreiber

People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to...

Quotes by P. Chidambaram

Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.

Quotes by Owen Glendower

The Tories have built a system defined by insecurity - from wages to job contracts to housing to the welfare state. If they want to understand why socialism - long dead, never coming back, or so they thought - has...

Quotes by Owen Jones

I signed a five-year contract with Barcelona. I'll be here for a long time.

Quotes by Ousmane Dembele

I watch TV series. I play video games, Mariokart. I have been playing Mariokart for a long time, and I'm very good at it.

Quotes by Ousmane Dembele

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Quotes by Ovid

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Quotes by Ovid

It's always important for a coach to decide on the short term and long term - one factor doesn't block out the other.

Quotes by Ottmar Hitzfeld

As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.

Quotes by Ottmar Hitzfeld

As long as you are successful and winning matches, the language is no problem at all. But when the results are insufficient, the difficulties begin. At this time, a coach needs to go into more detail with his instructions, and...

Quotes by Ottmar Hitzfeld

If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.

Quotes by Oswald Spengler

Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone...

Quotes by Otis Williams

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.

Quotes by Oscar Peterson

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a...

Quotes by Oscar Robertson

You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them...

Quotes by Orson F. Whitney

As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.

Quotes by Orson Scott Card

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of statements does this "Long" page collect?
The page gathers quotes using "long" in different senses - long stretches of time, a long production process, and being part of a "long line of royalty." For more upbeat lines in a similar vein, see Good quotes.
Is there a quote here with a dramatic, big-picture claim?
Yes: "I think, and I've thought this for a long time, that we live, roughly speaking, in the last generation of human beings" is a striking, big-picture statement about humanity. For more quotes centered on extended time, see Long Time.
Does this page touch on family lineage?
Yes: "I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty" reflects on identity tied to ancestry and family history.
Is there anything here about the entertainment industry?
One quote describes how making a TV show is "such a long process," moving from commissioned scripts through a network before it airs. If you enjoy reflections tied to life's bigger picture, Life quotes is a related page.
Is there poetic content here too, or only quotes?
This page is quotes-focused, but if you'd like more poetic Hindi-style verses built around the same word, the Shayari section is worth a look.

You can also browse our Good quotes for shorter, upbeat lines, or the Hindi-language Shayari collection for a poetic take.