Firm Quotes

943 Firm quotes by 740 unique authors

Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there left but… — Julian Barnes
Daytime television, you can tell who’s watching by the three kinds of commercials. Either it’s clinics for drying out drunks. Or it’s law firms who… — Chuck Palahniuk
She understood now why her friend Elizabeth, with her near-genius, analytical mind gave wide berth to murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and horror stories, and read… — Karen Marie Moning
All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we… — John Grisham
To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. — Edith Wharton
There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to… — Milan Kundera
A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page… — John Steinbeck
The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm, a turnaround, revival… — Daisaku Ikeda
i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite new a thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your… — E E Cummings
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives,… — Thomas Jefferson
It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for… — Rob Bell
The first step to change,... is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the pattern… — Dan Millman
At the tips of the feathers there is air and at their base: blood. I hold up bones; I wish like broken glass they could… — Alice Sebold
The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I… — Confucius
In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for… — Roger Lowenstein
I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable. — Kelley Armstrong
The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It is… — John Piper
Though we may not be able to see His purpose or His plan, the Lord of heaven is on His throne and in firm control… — Max Lucado
Saxton smelled really good and had a handshake that was firm. "You've grown up a lot." Blay found himself flushing as he took his hand… — J R Ward
Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere. — Harper Lee
And then I saw him and nothing was ever the same again. The sky was never the same colour, the moon never the same shape:… — Stephen Fry
Within my heart a garden grows, wild with violets and fragrant rose. bright daffodils line the narrow path, my footsteps silent as i pass. sweet… — Robin Jones Gunn
Only what?” I asked. I could barely hear my own voice. He turned his gaze back to me, firm and unflinching. “Only… more human.” And… — Richelle Mead
Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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