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Quotes About Stability

Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.
~ Alain de Botton
In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be swaying the branches of the plum tree and dust may slowly be gathering on the bookshelves in the living room. But we are aware that such serenity does not do justice to the chaotic and violent fundamentals of existence and hence, after a time, it has a a habit of growing worrisome in its own way.
~ Alain de Botton
A stability that existed under the Empire, was reduced to anarchy by the Rebellion, was inherited in turn by the so-called Republic, and will be restored by us. Future historians will look upon this as the time when a strong hand brought the rule of law back to civilization.
~ Alan Dean Foster
It is the task of the First Order to remove the disorder from our own existence, so that civilization may be returned to the stability that promotes progress. A stability that existed under the Empire, was reduced to anarchy by the Rebellion, was inherited in turn by the so-called Republic, and will be restored by us. Future historians will look upon this as the time when a strong hand brought the rule of law back to civilization." Mitaka
~ Alan Dean Foster
At bottom, though, Brown helped maintain a stable society by moving it forward, far less than civil rights advocates had hoped but far more than opponents felt was needed or necessary.
~ Derrick Bell
always stay balanced—neither too tight nor too loose—like the bow.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Arjuna, he who does not hate anyone, is friendly and compassionate always, is not possessive and self-indulgent, stable in pleasure and pain, forgiving, contained, controlled and firm in his love for me, in heart and head, is much loved by me.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12, verses 13 and 14 (paraphrased).
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Where Krishna yokes the mind and Arjuna bears the bow, there is always fortune, success, dominion, stability, and law. That is my opinion.—Bhagavad Gita:
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The real thing isn't always sunshine and roses and it's not always Ã¢â'¬Â¦ exciting or thrilling, but it's solid. That's the kind of thing that lasts.
~ Diane Chamberlain
Schools need stability, adequate resources, well-prepared and experienced educators, community support, and a clear vision of what good education is.
~ Diane Ravitch
Every rock-thrower needs something to stand on to have any accuracy or do any damage with the rocks.
~ Dick Keyes
The environment doesn't change that radically. You are still going to go home at night and NBC is going to be there, ABC and CBS will still be there.
~ Dick Wolf
Enneagram 9s Basic Fear: Of loss and separation Basic Desire: To have inner stability "peace of mind
~ Don Richard Riso
The Spartan attitude reflected an important fact about the condition of the Greek world from 479 to 461: Its stability was apparent only and not real. The alliance between Sparta and Athens was not an alliance of states but of factions. The faction of Cimon and the faction that would be headed by King Archidamus were prepared to accept limits to the hegemonal claims of their states, but in each state there were significant elements of the population who were not.
~ Donald Kagan
I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.
~ Drew Barrymore
I am rooted, but I flow.
~ Virginia Woolf
Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.
~ Justina Chen
You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're my best friend
~ Don Williams
I'm dating a girl who's pretty levelheaded. She's a nurse. She's a real, normal girl. Which is what I need because my life isn't normal.
~ Kenny Chesney
I surf because it keeps my life at an even keel, without it I would tip into the oblivion.
~ Andy Irons
The key to life is balance, especially if you are on a ledge.
~ Demetri Martin
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
~ B.K.S. Iyengar
Never, never, never think - that's one lesson you should have in life. Never think that lack of variability is stability.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance.
~ Laozi