Quotes About Steadfastness

Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of anger, in the throes of hate, of unrequited love, of despair and anxiety. The function of magic is to ritualize man's optimism, to enhance his faith in the victory of hope over fear. Magic expresses the greater value for man of confidence over doubt, of steadfastness over vacillation, of optimism over pessimism.

Most of the work of carrying on the world is necessarily hard and dull and routine in character: and for it the world needs us men and women who can steel our souls against weariness and monotony, and press forward with good cheer.

Long-term consistency trumps shot-term intensity.

Patience will achieve more than force.

No fear; I like a good grip; I like to feel something in this slippery world that can hold, man.

Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own.

My lord, like one's cranium, it will endure till broken.

Dream, oh dream! As long as we are at our versing we do not go away, as long as we remain steadfast in the interrealm of our night-day we present one another with every dream-hope, with all longed-for communion, with every hope of love, and therefore, my little brother, for the sake of that hope, for the sake of that yearning, never again depart from me.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

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You must endure and not be broken-hearted.

For nothing is better than this more steadfast than when two people, a man and his wife, keep a harmonious household; a thing that brings much distress to the people who hate them and pleasure to their will-wishers, and for them the best reputation.

My patience is an infinite lake. Feel free to drown yourself.

If you can't make it go away, wait it out.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.

I wanted my faith to look the same to everyone else and to be the same for me regardless of what was going on - whether I was on the Super Bowl podium holding the trophy or when I was being benched two years later and people saying that I would never play again.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Never meet trouble half-way.

Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.

Trust is built with consistency.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.