Quotes of Firmly - somelinesforyou

“ Four steps to achievement: plan purposefully, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently. ”

- William A. Ward

“ The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. ”

- Cecil B. DeMille

“ It had been my repeated experience that when you said to life calmly and firmly "I trust you, do what you must," life had an uncanny way of responding to your need. ”

- Olga Ilyin

“ There is a time when we must firmly choose the course we will follow, or the relentless drift of events will make the decision for us. ”

- Herbert Victor Prochnow

“ In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality. ”

- Tom C. Clark

“ The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles… are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. ”

- Matthew

“ Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. ”

- Dante Alighieri

“ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ”

- Isaac Asimov

“ If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. ”

- Anne Frank

“ I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married. ”

- Seth Green

“ When fortune comes, seize her firmly by the forelock, for, I tell you, she is bald at the back. ”

- Leonardo da Vinci

“ I firmly believe in chutzpah - that terrific Yiddish word for gall, guts, the drive to put yourself ahead. Part of success comes from knowing when to push and how hard. ”

- Helen Gurley Brown

“ The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow. ”

- Robert Welch

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to proscribe, and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism. ”

- Simms

“ As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly. ”

- G. K. Chesterton

“ Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. ”

- Clint Eastwood

“ A person who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. ”

- Unknown

“ A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. ”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“ Always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end. ”

- Unknown

“ I am firmly determined to give more than I receive. ”

- Debbye Turner

“ I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone. ”

- Dwight L. Moody

“ I firmly believe that if the whole material medical could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the sea. ”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

“ If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs. ”

- Mary McLeod Bethune

“ Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism. ”

- William Gilmore Simms

“ The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ”

- Doug Larson

“ The traveler to the United States will do well to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others. ”

- John Kenneth Galbraith

“ We make our habits and our habits make us. Practicing bad habits over a long period of time can ingrain attitudes, beliefs and feelings so firmly that escape seems impossible. In such cases, you must exhibit change - do it, perform its outward manifestations - before you can learn to believe in it… ”

- Denis Waitley

“ Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way. ”

- Cesar Chavez
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