Firmness Quotes
Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.
Alexander Hamilton (1851). “Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H.G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791”, p.253
Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.
Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.140, Penguin UK
Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.
"Ayan al-Shī'ah". Book by Fatima bint Muhammad, vol.1, p. 316,
Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.22
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
Samuel Johnson (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].”, p.284
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.1324, Delphi Classics
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.
William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”
Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.349, Ravenio Books
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.57, Courier Corporation
John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional
