The firm tree does not fear the storm…
Posted by nabil medawar in Miscellaneous Quotes, tags: firm, firmness, stand firm
- A boat stands firmer with two anchors.~ Russian Proverb
- A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.~ David Brinkley
- A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.~ Adlai E. Stevenson
- Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.~ Abraham Lincoln
- Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness or oppose with firmness.~ Charles Caleb Colton
- 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
- It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.~ James Thomson
- No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can’t dishearten it.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Only people who possess firmness can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle, it is usually only weakness that is readily converted into harshness.~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.~ Alexander Hamilton
- The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.~ Marcus Aurelius
- The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.~ Joseph Addison
- The purpose firm is equal to the deed.~ Edward Young
- The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.~ Eleanor Roosevelt
- Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.~ Confucius
- Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- To the person with a firm purpose, all men and things are servants.~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule — these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.~ Bhagavad Gita
- When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.~ Napoleon Bonaparte
- With children we must mix gentleness with firmness. They must not always have their own way, but they must not always be thwarted.~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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