Quotes About Steadiness

But it has been precisely that persevering steadiness of my mother, her belief in seeing things through, and her great ability to love and learn, listen and change, that helped keep me alive through all of the years of pain and nightmare that were to come.

I was late to understand that chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life... Volatility and passion, although often more romantic and enticing, are not intrinsically preferable to a steadiness of experience and feeling about another person (nor are they incompatible).

I suppose I do not on the whole greatly admire the 'Tortoises' of this world. While one may appreciate their plodding steadiness and ability to survive, one suspects their lack of frankness, their capacity for treachery. And I suppose, in the end, one despises their unwillingness to take chances in the name of ambition or for the sake of a principle they claim to believe in.

I suppose I do not on the whole greatly admire the Tortoises of this world. While one may appreciate their plodding steadiness and ability to survive, one suspects their lack of frankness, their capacity for treachery. And I suppose, in the end, one despises their unwillingness to take chances in the name of ambition or for the sake of a principle they claim to believe in.

The United States of America is the leading power in the world. Our friends and our adversaries respect us in large measure because they know that we are steady. We are fact-based. We are serious.

Be a rock, not a pebble.

In the first place, in the physician or surgeon no quality takes rank with imperturbability, and I propose for a few minutes to direct your attention to this essential bodily virtue.

Don't run before you can walk.

Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

I vow... "to not let the back & forth of forgiveness interrupt the steadiness of love.

And I make a little vow then, to myself. To not let the backs and forths of forgiveness interrupt the steadiness of love.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

I just think the reassurance and the steadiness and the hands-on kindness can make a huge difference.

When times are good, a CEO should remain poised and composed. When times are difficult, a CEO should remain poised and composed.

One of the things that I was taught in Portland is 'Never too high, never too low.'

It's about consistency.

Most players in this league say they want consistency.

Consistency is a beautiful word.

I am just trying to keep my performances consistent.

For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.

I'm a consistent little person.

In football, you have to be consistent.

For me, the most important thing is that I adapt quickly to different conditions and be consistent.