Quotes About Steadfastness

She had her own opinions on every subject, and kept steadily to them--very tiresome opinions they often were; as she was always thinking of what was right and what was wrong, and had a strange reverence for matters connected with religion, and an unaccountable liking to good people.

I read my sentence - steadily . . .

The will is always near, dear, though the feet vary.

A fast didn't go fast; it was the slowest thing there was. Fast meant a door shut fast, firmly. A fastness, a fortress. To fast was to hold fast to emptiness, to say no and no and no again.

Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire

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you have the power of patience to deal with your difficulties.

Don't give in to second thoughts, because no one who wavers will make progress

We are saved not by what we can do or accomplish but by our fealty to revolt, our steadfastness to the weak, the poor, the marginalized, and those who endure oppression. We must stand with them against the powerful. If we remain true to these moral imperatives, we win. And I am enough of an idealist to believe that the struggle to live the moral life is worth it. Chris Hedges, The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress

The only true failure can come if you quit.

There is nothing like routine, which leads to consistency and persistency. Both are needed for success." Andreas Simic

Leaders don't change their positions mid-debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue.

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

We feel much happier and more secure when we think we know precisely what to do, no matter what happens, then when we have lost our way and do not know where to turn.

Whether I'm in the main event or on the preliminary card, the same Cowboy is going to be out there.

I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style.

I never met a dollar that could change me. Been the same guy since day one.

Just in terms of the demeanor and the approach and just making sure that I'm consistent in the way I do things - that is the biggest thing for me.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

I'm actually very loyal, to my detriment.

I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.

I do or die, but I never cancel out.

I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me.