Linear Differential Equation as $t \rightarrow -\infty$

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Consider the linear diffeq $$\dot{x} = Ax$$

The general solution has the form $$x(t) = c_{1}e^{\lambda_{1}t}v_{1}+c_{2}e^{\lambda_{2}t}v_{2}$$ if $A = V \Lambda V^{-1}$ and so is diagonalizable.

An observation one makes after looking at a few graphs is that the trajectories satisfy the following properties:

Assuming $0>\lambda_{1}>\lambda_{2}$

$x(t)$ becomes parallel to the direction with smallest absolute eigenvalue as $t\rightarrow \infty$,

and $x(t)$ becomes parallel to the direction with largest absolute eigenvalue as $t\rightarrow -\infty$.

More specifically, how do I show the above statement?