Quotes About Stability

The principal objective of American government at every level should be to see that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.

I have a thing for things that last.

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

The man of conservative temperament believes that a known good is not lightly to be surrendered for an unknown better.

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance.

What a man wants is a mate and what a woman wants is infinite security.

For like a lot of young Moirans, Kath Two didn't even try to establish a fixed home. With a home came a social circle, and perhaps a family.

If no one is barfing, then none of us is likely to die, at least over a time span of weeks.

People have a need to feel that they are part of some sustainable project. Something that will go on without them. It creates a feeling of stability. I believe that the need for that kind of stability is as basic and as desperate as some of the other, more obvious needs.

he had arrived at the conclusion that political stability anywhere was an illusion that only a simpleton would believe in. That

protects like a stack of telephone books.

That made me happy. That was my Anchor.

How about methane? It too is chemically unstable, and yes, some of it is anthropogenic, but as we've seen, methane has nonliving agents as well.

We have to be firmly rooted in Him before we can be built up in Him

The gold standard had its advantages, no doubt. Exchange rate stability made for predictable pricing in trade and reduced transaction costs, while the long-run stability of prices acted as an anchor for inflation expectations. Being on gold may also have reduced the costs of borrowing by committing governments to pursue prudent fiscal and monetary policies.

Meanwhile, property prices roughly trebled between 1963 and 1979, while consumer prices rose by a factor of just 2.5. But there was a sting in the tail. The same governments that avowed their faith in the 'property-owning democracy' also turned out to believe in price stability, or at least lower inflation. Achieving that meant higher interest rates.