Firmness Quote by Ninon de L'Enclos Download Open image “Firmness is great; persistency is greater.” — Ninon de L'Enclos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Firmness Greater Persistence
“Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.” — Liezi Copy Share Image
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness. — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same. — Norman Wisdom Copy Share Image
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control. — Dan Gelber Copy Share Image
The single word that matters most I think to keep the company productive as it grows is alignment. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
Hatred is nearly always honest--rarely, if ever, assumed. So much cannot be said for love. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind… — Ninon de L'Enclos Copy Share Image
Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall… — 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 have enough… — 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 with the… — 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 to it,… — 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 to every… — 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 aspect of… — 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, even though… — Paul Desmond Copy Share Image