Quotes About Firmness

I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.

Faced with terror, France must be strong, it must be great, and the state authorities must be firm.

The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.

You can't hold the armed forces responsible for being firm with terrorists. We need to be firm with terrorists.

I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun Brilliance of moon Splendor of fire Speed of lightning Swiftness of wind Depth of sea Stability of earth Firmness of rock.

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Justum et tenacem propositi virum.

RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve.

Ponedad nije preterano važno šta odlu?iš, bitno je da odlu?iš brzo i držiš s svoje odluke.

Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life.

I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place.

We Neopalians like a man who can be angry, and I began to think you never would.' 'I am not the least angry,' said I with great indignation. I hate being told that I am angry when I am merely showing firmness.

The answer is no, said Melody firmly. "Undeniably, indisputably, categorically no.

Thy firmness makes my circle just, and makes me end where I begun.

As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all.

Si hay alguien en este mundo en quien puedes confiar es en Marlene. Marlene es una montaña, como lo era antes mi madre, y no una voluble paloma atrapada en una tormenta que de pronto está completamente fuera de sí un jueves cualquiera. Marlene es tan firme como el suelo que pisa, ya sean las dos o las cinco de la tarde. Nunca falla, su humor es estable y no tiene la menor idea de qué es el miedo; en realidad, todo el mundo debería tener una madre como ella.

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.

Being decisive means you are able to make good, timely decisions, and stick with them until the end.

Must be remembered that the repetitive nature of cyclical movements or systems, which we traditionally refer to as samsara, offers the necessary stability for the making of life. If everything was random, it would not be possible to house a steady life-making machine. For the solar system and for the individual, being rooted in cyclical nature gives a certain firmness and steadiness to life. The very nature of the physical world is cyclical.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

I observed mildness of temper, and unchangeable resolution in the things that he had determined after due deliberation; and no vainglory in those things that men call honors; and a love of labor and perseverance; and a readiness to listen to those who had anything to propose for the common weal; and undeviating firmness in giving to every man according to his deserts; and a knowledge derived from experience of the occasions for vigorous action and for remission.