Quotes about Steadfastness
ADAMANT (A'DAMANT) n.s.[adamas, Lat. from Gr. that is, insuperable, infrangible.]1. A stone, imagined by writers, of impenetrable hardness. So great a fear my name amongst them
— Samuel Johnson
The word 'hope' I take for faith; and indeed, hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.
— John Calvin
because life is not stable except by faith. Let
— John Calvin
Although the wicked rise up against us with violence, let us be of a bronze countenance, as Ezekiel says (3:8 f.). Let
— John Calvin
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.
— John Calvin
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
— Mahatma Gandhi
You cannot fail unless you quit.
— Abraham Lincoln
Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.
— Bruce Lee
Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
— Marcus Aurelius
The only completely consistent people are the dead.
— Aldous Huxley
Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.
— Alexander Hamilton
I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.
— Thomas Monson