A Quote by Adlai Stevenson I

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

Adlai Stevenson I

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Adlai Stevenson I
American - Politician
October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Winston Churchill

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

Confucius

A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands right and wrong, with a strong sense of self is beautiful. A man who can be compassionate and caring, but firm and wise. Someone who can do the right thing no matter who's around to see it. Even if the deed is unseen and unrecognized. That is a beautiful man. One today is worth two tomorrows.

Benjamin Franklin

He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

Laozi

The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.

Confucius

While the world changes, the cross stands firm.

Bruno of Cologne

The Aryan stands firm, one with God in his attitude to the world and its people.

Adolf Hitler

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

Benvenuto Cellini

I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too.

Vincent Van Gogh

It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.

John Carlos

Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.

John Henry Newman

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.