Top 131 Firmness Quotes & Sayings

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.

I think the firmness in one's stance can be conveyed in a different manner without being indecent or using harsh words.

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.

Stubbornness is not firmness.

The standards of the international community manifest firmness. Iran has no need for long-range missiles or to collaborate with terrorist organizations all over the world.

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.

In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.

Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.

Stubborness we deprecate, Firmness we condone, The former is our neighbors trait, The latter is our own.

Oh God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea.

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.

Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

I found it marvelous that the great supporters of America in Europe are, of course, those countries that American consistency and firmness in the Cold War ended up liberating.

The most striking features of the correctly bred German Shepherds are firmness of nerves, attentiveness, unshockability, tractability, watchfulness, reliability and incorruptibility together with courage, fighting tenacity and hardness.

Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.

It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness of the tenure by which he holds it.

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.

With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.

This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.

It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too.

Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.

There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.

Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall expect nothing else but to yield to their wishes.

Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.

Firmness in all aspects is a most important quality when gardening, not only in planting but in pruning, dividing and tying up. Plants are like babies, they know when an amateur is handling them.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Firmness is great; persistency is greater.

Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.

God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.