“Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.”

“Power is always temporary.”

“There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.”

“When you save someone's life. It's always temporary, y'know?”

“The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.”

“If circumstances change, your decisions can change. Decisions are temporary.”

“Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune.”

“Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without Love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.”

“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”

“Do not wade far out into the dangerous sea of this world's comfort. Take the good that God provides you, but say of it, "It passeth away;" for, indeed, it is but a temporary supply for a temporary need. Never suffer your goods to become your God.”