Quotes about Firmness
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
Thy firmness makes my circle just, and makes me end where I begun.
- John Donne
Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
- Alexander Hamilton
Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
- Alexander Hamilton
Real firmness is good for every thing— Strut is good for nothing.
- Alexander Hamilton
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
- Abraham Lincoln
When they are real, they are not glass threads or frostwork, but the solidest thing we know.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We have no ideas, and they're pretty firm.
- Joseph Heller
Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
- Dante Alighieri
An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. ... a crisis that calls for firmness and restraint.
- Jimmy Carter
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
- Gordon Hinckley
The Word of God is ROCK. All else is sand.
- JC Ryle