Quotes About Firmness

Os dois degraus da varanda — "Fui justo", repete, "fui justo" —, com mão firme gira a chave. Abre a porta, pisa na carta e, sentando-se na poltrona, lê o jornal em voz alta para não ouvir os gritos do silêncio.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Siempre había creído que ser hombre implicaba mantenerse firme, pero aquello era algo que mi madre había hecho mejor que nadie.

Reagan Declares Firmness on Gulf; Plans are Unclear Isn't that classic? I don't mean the semicolon; I mean, isn't that just what the world needs? Unclear firmness! That is typical American policy: don't be clear, but be firm!

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

Life is full of challenges. Every step in day to day life there are opportunities full of new challenges. Make yourself strong enough to overcome the challenges with commitment & confidence. One can not test success without encountering obstacles with firmness & by giving hundred percent of commitment to endeavor.

But listen not to his temptations, warn Thy weaker. Let it profit thee to have heard, By terrible example, the reward Of disobedience. Firm they might have stood, Yet fell. Remember, and fear to transgress.

Two features would be with her always. Her chin was firm and her mouth was as sweet as a flower and very wide and pink. Her hazel eyes were sharp and intelligent and completely fearless.

Stand firm on the solid rock!

Faith to my mind is a stiffening process a sort of mental starch.

Consistency is key to success.Being consistent means adhering to same principal course & action with firmness. It means that you don't say one thing while actually doing something else. You can't be inconsistent in your behavior and expect yourself to behave consistently in other parts of your life.

It takes strength to be firm, it takes courage to be gentle.

If you lead a country like Britain… you have to have a touch of iron about you.

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Love can only give you the reason to express your emotions, while hate gives you the courage to stand firm.

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

He was a tree stump of a man, limited in his outlook but rooted and unshakeable in his certainties.

While I may want to take my kids out of this world, God continually shows His power in our kids to help them stand firm in it!

Aris. Certainly, your prudence is excessively rare. Are you not ashamed of your want of firmness? and is it possible for a man to be so weak as to leave his wife absolute power, and not dare to attack what she has resolved upon? Ch. Good Heavens! brother, you speak very easily of it, but you do not know how noise troubles me. I am  very fond of rest, peace, and tranquillity, and my wife is terrible in her tempers.

The cockiness of this bantam did not put off Porter, a senior colonel of infantry, large-boned in build and white-haired at fifty-two, whose restrained manner tended to obscure his knowledge of his profession and the firmness of his own character.

Commitment holds a solid, grounding energy that provides stability and structure to our lives.

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. (2 Thes. 2:15)