Quotes About Stability

I think that loving grandparents are invaluable and provide a backbone of love and stability that can see a family through bad times as well as rejoicing in the good.

stability. It is often noted that, of all existing institutions in the West, higher education is one of most enduring. Oxford University, the longest continuously running university in the English-speaking world, was founded in the twelfth century.4

Human beings get no practice at staying. We have no special limbs for it. Once we commit to being still, darling, it's all we ever do.

In Muslim societies men's bodies just weren't seen as posing the same kind of threat to social stability as women's. Getting

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

A sound that continues. A sun that's always shining. Everything stays the same. Nothing changes.

Money is always there, but the pockets change.

Monarchies conform best to human nature and therefore constitute the most durable form of state.

God is so great! He remains the same throughout seasons.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

By the dawn of the twentieth century, for the first time since cities had come into existence 5,000 years before, infectious diseases were staunched to such an extent that cities were able to remain stable, and even grow, without depending on a constant stream of migrants from the countryside. It was a remarkable change.

Ogni pomeriggio ci trovavamo alle panchine. Era bello avere un posto fisso. Sapere che gli amici sarebbero arrivati era uno dei pochi punti fermi che avevamo.

Au milieu de tous les changements, nous ne sommes pas entraînés à distinguer les choses qui restent les mêmes. Et c'est un grand problème parce que, quand on y pense, les choses qui ne changent pas sont presque toujours les plus importantes. »

Aquilo que permanece imóvel, Vadia. No meio de todas as mudanças, nós não estamos treinados para distinguir as coisas que permanecem iguais. E isso é um grande problema, porque, quando se pensa no assunto, as coisas que não mudam são quase sempre as mais importantes.»

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

MARVEAUX The soil feels good. HALLIWELL A man must touch the earth every so often or else he will go crazy.

Never try to build a house without first laying a foundation.

There were in fact bugs," he recalls, "But the essential difference was in the obviousness of bugs, the repeatability of bugs, and potential for fixing bugs oneself. In this environment, bugs were only temporary delays on a steady road towards excellence and stability.

Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant.

Other nations merely change governments as a lady changes dancing partners: Canada contrives to fall in a dead faint every time the music stops.

then head of ING Bank in Shanghai, said it all: "The bad news is that the Big Four are insolvent; the good news is that they're sovereign." Technically, no state-owned commercial bank in China enjoys sovereign backing. In practice, however, the Big Four, as weak as they are, are as solid as China itself. As long as the government stands

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking. It must be an indissoluble tie.

The security, stability, and firmness of the earth inspire those parts of my life that call for grounding. I give thanks to the earth for being the source of food, beauty, and my bones. I feel oneness with the rocks, the mountains, and Mother Earth...

Wars come and go; politics endure.