Quotes about Firmness
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
- Jim Elliot
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Psalm 33:9
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
- Psalm 104:5
In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 22:25
Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:8
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
- Philippians 4:1
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
- Alexander Hamilton
It is most necessary that we should have our hearts well established in the firm and unwavering belief of this truth, that whatever comes to pass, be it good or evil, we may look up to the hand and disposal of all, to God.
- Loraine Boettner
Leaders require courage of the highest order -- always moral courage -- and often physical courage as well. Courage is that quality of mind that enables people to encounter danger or difficulty firmly, without fear or discouragement.
- J. Oswald Sanders
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.
- George Washington
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.
- John Milton