Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Confide not in the firmness of your principles, or the steadfastness of your integrity. Be always vigilant and fearful. Never think you… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.” — Liezi Copy Share Image
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness. — Robert Blair Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
I'm glad [Ornette Coleman] is such an individualist. I like the firmness of thought and purpose that goes into what he's doing,… — Paul Desmond Copy Share Image
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
“You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has indeed, by some accident, been brought up in the greenhouse, and thus… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
“You are only susceptible to break easily due to occasionally bends if you are inflexible” — Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA Copy Share Image
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