Definitions: (1) bearing patiently; tolerant; (2) enduring or sustaining; withstanding; (3) stable <an abiding love>; (4) prepared; (5) compliant
Synonyms: changeless, continuing, durable, enduring, lasting, steadfast
Poetry:
… and You, still as constant as the Summit
With all your magic rising beside me
Holding out your hand to catch everything I am
And am not quite yet.
— Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio (1993-) Hawaiian poet
Quote: Remember that life’s length is not measured by its hours and days, but by that which we have done therein. A useless life is short if it lasts a century. There are greater and better things in us all, if we would find them out. … The day will come when light and truth, and the just and the good shall be victorious; and evil will be no more forever. — Walter Breuning (1896-2011) Oldest American-born man [as of 2023] <114 years, 205 days>
Symbol: the elephant {Long-lived}