What's better than a stock that pays dividends? A stock with growing dividends and a business that's built for long-term success. 

Three Motley Fool contributors identified stocks they think fit the bill. Here's why they believe that (NYSE: ABBV), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), and Johnson Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) are dividend growth stocks that you can buy and hold forever.

Keith Speights (AbbVie): You'll have a hard time finding many stocks with a stellar dividend track record like AbbVie's. The big biopharmaceutical company has increased its dividend for 51 consecutive years, including the time that it was part of Abbott Labs. That puts AbbVie in the prestigious group of stocks known as Dividend Kings.

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