FIRMNESS

Related Subjects: Decision, Resolution, Strength, Will

1. Firmness, both in suffering and exertion, is a character which I would wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint, and the cowardly feeble resolve.—BURNS
   

2. I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.—GEORGE CHAPMAN, Eastward Ho
   

3. 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.—LORD CHESTERFIELD
   

4. Not to go back is somewhat to advance.—HORACE
   

5. The firm, without pliancy, and the pliant, without firmness, resemble vessels without water, and water without vessels.—LAVATER
   

6. I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward.—LINCOLN
   

7. The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.—LONGFELLOW
   

8. When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.—NAPOLEON
   

9. The purpose firm is equal to the deed.—EDWARD YOUNG