Quotes About Stability

Father Martin put it, "Stability give us the time and the structure to go deep into who we are as sons of God.

There's never going to be an economy rich enough or a government program strong enough to compensate for the lack of a stable family and the absence of self-discipline.

Zealots see only faith or heresy, politicians see plots and conspiracies everywhere, lovers see devotion or betrayal in every action, and none of them can imagine a simple middle ground of stability or peace.

Mental health professionals have said for a long time that individuals cannot adapt well to too many life changes at once. If you suffer a loss in the family, change jobs, and move all within a short time, the chances are your own internal stability may break down, or show signs of serious strain.

Your goal should be to keep the temperature within what we call the productive zone of disequilibrium (PZD): enough heat generated by your intervention to gain attention, engagement, and forward motion, but not so much that the organization (or your part of it) explodes.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

He gives very questioning sermons, Bazil. Sometimes I wonder if he's entirely stable, or then again, if he might be simply...intelligent.

If you've got to be unhappy, you may as well keep regular habits.

What stands fast does so, not because it is intrinsically obvious or convincing; it is rather held fast by what lies around it.

Se trata de lo que podríamos llamar la vivencia de sentirse absolutamente seguro. Me refiero a aquel estado anímico en el que nos sentimos inclinados a decir: Estoy seguro, pase lo que pase, nada puede dañarme.

When things are crazy, her grandfather said, dogs are a reminder of sanity.

It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move.

A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its point. Any movement of the pyramid will cause it to topple over. Underneath the pyramid is a $100 bill. How do you remove the bill without disturbing the pyramid?

Feelings will get you out of control, but faith doesn't.

Is there any success, without the soundness of mind?

Only the people who are rooted in the house of God will thrive, prosper, become rich and still have joy in every situation

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.... A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages are indispensable conditions of success.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

What use for? asks my mother, jiggling the table with her hand. You put something else on top, everything fall down.

you must work toward the Four Necessities: jewelry, furniture, a seasonal contract with a stipend, and a comfortable retirement.

When I am most deeply rooted, I feel the wildest desire to uproot myself.

Firmitas, utilitas, venustas, she thought. Buildings should be like the nests of birds and bees.

Ya se sabía cómo funcionaban las operaciones de desestabilización en América latina. Aunque ahora, en los tiempos de un nuevo consenso de Washington, el cerco financiero a AMLO se complementaba con advertencias de que en realidad aquel presidente de izquierdas no representaba los intereses ni siquiera de los más necesitados.

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.