A Quote by Alexander H. Stephens

Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.

Alexander H. Stephens

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Davis Firm Obstinate Timid Weak

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Alexander H. Stephens
American - Politician
February 11, 1812 - March 4, 1883

When I first met Tony Blair in 1996, he was open and idealistic, keen to bring a breath of fresh air to government. But something happened - was it just the arrogance of power? - that narrowed Labour's vision from purposeful reform and investment, to peevish and petulant pragmatism.

Rory Bremner

I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool.

Bertrand Russell

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

Katharine Whitehorn

Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid.

Lord Chesterfield

To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.

Jean Baptiste Massillon

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.

John Lothrop Motley

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

Zig Ziglar

Tai Chi Chuan, the great ultimate, strengthens the weak, raises the sick, invigorates the debilitated, and encourages the timid

Cheng Man-ch'ing

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

Don Drysdale

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

Cesar Chavez

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Jim Rohn

I love the look of books published by the firm of Rupert Hart-Davis: They strike me as handsome, elegant, and inviting. I'll pick up almost anything with that imprint, especially if it's in a jacket or priced low.