Firm Quotes

943 Firm quotes by 740 unique authors

Everyone recognizes that's a joke because obviously the number and shape of the pieces doesn't affect the size of the pizza. And similarly, the stocks,… — Merton Miller
One ought to avoid all unnecessary worry and exciting thoughts, and to cultivate a firm tranquility of mind. Melancholy reflections will in no way influence… — George Hackenschmidt
We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to… — Mao Zedong
If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees, as one has said he reaches all the way to… — Ruth Graham
We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. — Vincent de Paul
If your men grow weary of the work or balk at obedience, you must bear with them. Get what you can gently from them. True,… — Vincent de Paul
We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our… — Vincent de Paul
Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur. — Vincent de Paul
Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the… — Vincent de Paul
Those days are long gone. But our corporations haven't caught up with it. Our law firms, our higher education system, and our medical institutions haven't… — Vicki Donlan
Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country,… — Thomas Jefferson
The story of this man who had killed a messenger and hanged himself would make interesting reading. One could almost write a whole chapter on… — Chinua Achebe
Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults.… — Mary Robinson
In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess… — Pope Benedict XVI
I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact. — Winston Churchill
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more… — Abraham Lincoln
My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done. — Chelsea Clinton
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically. — Keiko Fukuda
Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the… — Bill Gross
Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, stamps out persecutions, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, brings travellers safely home, calms the… — Tertullian
I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs seeking escape from life within huge corporate structures, ‘How do I build a small firm for myself?’ The… — Paul Ormerod
A black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle… — David Duke
The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us. He had endeavoured to persuade his father to permit him… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
All this marked them as vaguely liberal, although their ideas would never congeal into anything like a firm ideology; in this, too, they were American. — Barack Obama

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