In this world, there is no such sternness like that of…

“He manifested a resolution which amounted to sternness.”

— Thomas Keneally

“Behind the sternness of his voice there was a shackled anger, and beneath that shackled anger there was a buried pain.”

— Dean F. Wilson

“A loving eye is all the charm needed: to such you are handsome enough; or rather your sternness has a power beyond beauty.”

— Charlotte Brontë

AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness……

— Saint Augustine

“Mr Squeers himself acquired greater sternness and inflexibility from certain warm potations in which he was wont to indulge after his early dinner.”

— Charles Dickens

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the…

— Jack Canfield

I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always…

— G-Eazy

The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life…

— Christopher Alexander

I've worked very hard to transform my fearful delusions into loving beliefs, and I am committed to maintaining this way of being.

— Gabrielle Bernstein

On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by…

— Thomas Malthus

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world.

— Kelly Slater

Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual…

— William J. Clinton

I needed to save every penny…I needed to be strong, and needed to find some way to secure a future. That’s why I am…

— Li Ka-shing

The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple as understanding…

— Douglas Rushkoff

If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to maintaining that…

— John Taylor Gatto