Quotes About Steadfastness

The best thing to learn from any government is that it does not get affacted by what other people talk or think about it.

A dokÄ…d wyroku   Mars nie uczyni, nie ustÄ™puj kroku.

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.

Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard.

head first, But Kate was still

There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

They may excuse failure but they will not excuse abandonment.

purse, was steady.

Stephen felt personally these inconveniences; but because the evil was too stubborn to be redressed at once, he resolved to proceed gradually

That is about all I have learned—to study general conditions, to take a position and stick to it.

I hope to die in the saddle seat.

Let not harsh tongues, that wag in vain, Discourage you. In spite of pain, Be like the cactus, which through rain, And storm, and thunder, can remain. —"Be Like the Cactus", a poem by Kimii Nagata

I feel a deep sense of security in this single-mindedness of freight trains

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Que no me vean caída. Muerta por dentro, pero de pie. Como un árbol.

Another crucial ingredient of motivation is consistency. As a leader you can't run from one side of the ship to the other. People need to feel that you have unshakeable confidence in a particular approach. If you can't show this, you'll lose the team very quickly.

The Only time to give up is when you are dead.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Men sedan man har upplevat och förstått mycket, att då ännu hålla fast, att icke dö utan känna, icke avvika utan hålla stånd, det är något.

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

I think it's a really admirable thing to be very sure of your own moral code and not waver from that.

When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.