Quotes About Stability

But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.

The key to success is emotional stability.

Having been adopted, I really have a strong sense- a necessity almost- for stability, a foundation where my family is concerned. [Success] would be meaningless without anyone to share it with.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

I deem we have still much to do and will of course strive for stabilizing the situation in the country and continuing reforms. I am confident in success. All we need at this point is public order.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

To succeed, find the right rut and stay with it.

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded upon the manners of the nation; manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

Americans often change their laws, but the foundation of the Constitution is respected.

The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.

The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day. If you'd prefer to remain in the dark, I would understand.

This is what happens when you stay in one place for thirteen years, Anne says. First you own things. Then they own you.

The truth frightens people because it isn't stable. It shifts every day.

He says the pills he's got her on will keep her from sinking too low. How low is too low, Roy thinks, and when can you tell?

Time had been filled, reliably, agreeably, they had not been left adrift, and for this they were truly embarrassingly grateful.

The news always sound crazy. People fussing and fighting and pointing fingers at other people, and never even looking for no peace. People insane, say Shug. Crazy as betsy bugs. Nothing built this crazy can last.

History does not forbid us to hope. But it forbids us to rely upon numbers; they will be against us. If history teaches anything worth learning it teaches that the majority of mankind is neither good nor wise. When government is founded upon the public conscience and the public intelligence the stability of states is a dream.

A foundation of values surrounded by those flexible rings of changeable tactics is the strongest basis for stability in business today. You can most successfully change what you're doing and how you do it if you have a clear sense of who you are.

A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.

So why do some manufacturers bottle their product in clear glass bottles? Chemical ingenuity has made this nuance possible. Through the process of hydrogenation — much like the one we use for margarine — we can alter slightly the molecular structure of iso-humulone, making it stable in light.

Beans or legumes are among the world's most perfect foods. They stabilize blood sugar, blunt the desire for sweets, and prevent mid-afternoon cravings. Even

we need to move beyond the idea of growth, to something called a "steady-state economy.

To pay attention in normal ways, you need to feel safe. You need to be able to switch off the parts of your mind that are scanning the horizon for bears or lions or their modern equivalents, and let yourself sink down into one secure topic.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.