Firm Quotes

943 Firm quotes by 740 unique authors

In big industry new ideas are invited to rear their heads so they can be clobbered at once. The idea department of a big firm… — Marshall McLuhan
This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth… — James Freeman Clarke
Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true. — Max Lucado
A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie… — Bertrand Russell
To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason is… — Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because… — Laozi
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything… — Thomas Paine
All great change in business has come from outside the firm, not from inside. — Peter Drucker
Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue. — Confucius
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted… — Patrick Henry
The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel… — Nirmala Srivastava
The devil was a great loss in the preternatural world. He was always something to fear and to hate; he supplied the antagonist powers of… — William Hazlitt
Most people don't like to think. This is why human religions are so popular. It almost doesn't matter what the belief system is, as long… — Neale Donald Walsch
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and… — Mitt Romney
Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we… — Abraham Lincoln
I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I… — Roger Bannister
Delicious is a just and firm encounter of two in a thought, in a feeling. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when… — Miles Franklin
Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels… — Seneca the Younger
Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on… — Mark Twain
Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal. — Laozi
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one… — Nikola Tesla
In my understanding of God I start with certain firm beliefs. One is that the laws of nature are not broken. We do not, of… — Nevill Francis Mott

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