Firm Quotes

• I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

  Catherine Bell

  Scare, Believer

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Inspiring, Feet

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• I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.

  Richard Nelson Bolles

  Work, Life Changing, Needs

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• I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

  Maya Angelou

  Brother, Sibling, Believe

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• I'm a firm believer in the hustle game.

  Eric Snow

  Basketball, Games, Effort

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• Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again?

  Jodi Picoult

  Feet, World

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Nineteen Minutes”, p.448, Simon and Schuster

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  A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

  David Brinkley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.

  Barack Obama

  Family, Years, Payroll Tax

  Speech in Dover, New Hampshire, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. September 12, 2008.

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• A firm rule must be imposed upon our nation before it destroys itself. The United States needs some theology and geometry, some taste and decency. I suspect that we are teetering on the edge of the abyss.

  John Kennedy Toole

  United States, Needs, Taste

  John Kennedy Toole (1980). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.23, Dubois Publishing

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• Praise is declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place God has given you. Praise is a proclamation that the enemy's intent to plunder you will not rock you. Praise declares that you will not be moved by the enemy's attempt to snatch you away.

  Darlene Zschech

  Faith, Christian, Religious

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• Objectives can be compared to a compass bearing by which a ship navigates. A compass bearing is firm, but in actual navigation, a ship may veer off its course for many miles. Without a compass bearing, a ship would neither find its port nor be able to estimate the time required to get there.

  Peter Drucker

  May, Able, Ships

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• We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Spiritual, Children, Self Esteem

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• For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship between the United States and India - bound by our shared interests and values - will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. This is the partnership I have come here to build. This is the vision that our nations can realise together.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Vision, Together

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• This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.

  Carroll Quigley

  Fear, Persistence, Evil

  Carroll Quigley (1966). “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time”, New York : Macmillan [c1966]

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• Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility.

  Richard St. Barbe Baker

  Wind, Tree, Heaven

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• In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.

  George Washington

  Wise, Country, Government

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.271

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• What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are like secretaries at law firms or nurses or just more blue collar. And I was in a baseball team. I used to be like a really big tomboy.

  Melonie Diaz

  Baseball, Cousin, Team

  "Fruitvale Station‘s Melonie Diaz On Getting “Comfortable” With Michael B. Jordan". Interview with Meghan O'Keefe, www.vh1.com. July 12, 2013.

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• As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.

  Randy Forbes

  Space, House, Program

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• I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Art, Powerful, Men

  Vincent van Gogh (1971). “Van Gogh's "diary"; the artist's life in his own words and art”

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• I learned a long time ago that the last thing any woman should be thinking about is being 'skinny' or 'thin.' To me, those words imply weakness, fragility, the inability to stand firm in a storm. If you want to change your body, aim for 'athletic.' An athletic body is healthy, strong, and built to thrive. An athletic body can take many shapes.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Strong, Thinking, Long

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• [from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.

  Jasper Fforde

  Party, Intelligent, Awards

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• Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet which I come across them in a person, I get this sense of a firm foundation and of a direct access to truth.

  Wojciech Kurtyka

  Climbing, People, Simplicity

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• Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

  Samuel Johnson

  Successful, Moderation, Firmness

  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

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• Firms that draw commitment from customers and staff give them a way to sign up for something that can allow them to be their best self.

  John Jantsch

  Leadership, Commitment, Self

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