Sturdy Quotes

63 quotes by 58 authors

A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future. What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the… — Bernard Baruch
Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The… — Daisaku Ikeda
RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were… — Ambrose Bierce
The qualities that made for success in a fighter-pilot seemed to be just those sturdy qualities that made for success in other professions; observation, initiative,… — Jim Bailey
A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth. — Samuel Johnson
Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep… — Phyllis McGinley
It's a good sign but rare instance when, in a relationship, you find that the more you learn about the other person, the more you… — Criss Jami
The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that… — Theodore Roosevelt
Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating â€” real in a generation of triflers â€” true amongst a multitude of… — William Morley Punshon
I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it… — Primo Levi
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are… — Patti Smith
Sturdy gospel roots that go deep into rich spiritual soil strengthen and steady us in times of trial and difficulty. — David A. Bednar
Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It was a sturdy… — Joseph Heller
My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am. — Andy Rooney
Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death… — Homer
It takes just as many men to build a sturdy man, son, as it does to build a tower. You will look back on this… — J. R. Moehringer
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat. — John Swartzwelder
The Garden En robe de parade. - Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the railing of a… — Ezra Pound
The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary. — Edmund Burke

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