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• Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Humility, Army

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• We have no excuse to deviate from the paths of righteousness. If we hold fast to the iron rod, we cannot be deceived.

  William Grant Bangerter

  Iron, Path, No Excuses

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• As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and arrows of the Adversary and to prepare for the great day of the Lord is to hold fast to the iron rod, to exercise greater faith, to repent of our sins and shortcomings, and to be anxiously engaged in the work of His kingdom on earth, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Herein lies the only true happiness for all our Father's children.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Jesus, Children, Lying

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• I was recruited by the former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And I never forgot his key message to me when he was encouraging me to come in. He said: “You must hold fast to your values. If you have to compromise your values in order to join us, you lose your value to us.”

  Vivian Balakrishnan

  Keys, Order, Messages

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• Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.

  Ambrose

  Soul, World, Body

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• Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.

  Seneca the Younger

  Men, Numbers, Slavery

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• Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your keeper. He has kept you hitherto. Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or he will give you strength to bear it.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Hope, Father, Hands

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• There are too many who reverse both the principles and the practice of the Apostles; they become all things to all men, not to serve others, but themselves; and they try all things only to hold fast that which is bad.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Men, Practice, Trying

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.106

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• We must hold fast to the austere but true doctrine as to what really governs politics and saves or destroys states. Having in mind things true, things elevated, things just, things pure, things amiable, things of good report; having these in mind, studying and loving these, is what saves states.

  Matthew Arnold

  Truth, Mind, Doctrine

  Matthew Arnold (1912). “Thoughts on Education: Chosen from the Writings of Matthew Arnold”

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• I knew that I had seen, had seen at last
  That girl my unremembering nights hold fast
  Or else my dreams that fly
  If I should rub an eye,
  And yet in flying fling into my meat
  A crazy juice that makes the pulses beat.

  William Butler Yeats

  Girl, Dream, Crazy

  William Butler Yeats (1962). “Poems of William Butler Yeats”, p.233, Hayes Barton Press

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• When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility.

  Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

  Struggle, Men, Joy

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• the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents.

  Vicki Baum

  Loyalty, Giving Up, Food

  Vicki Baum (1964). “It was all quite different: the memoirs of Vicki Baum”

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• By sight and observation and thought, with the help of the camera, and the addition of the date of the year, we can hold fast the history of the world.

  August Sander

  Sight, Years, Cameras

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• If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All are woven into the great fabric of our national well-being. We cannot hold fast to some only, and abandon others that, for the moment, we find inconvenient. If one American fundamental is prostrated, others in the end will surely fall.

  Albert J. Beveridge

  Freedom, Fall, Usa

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• Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.

  Milarepa

  Life Is Short, Evil, Meditation

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• Let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

  Christopher Paolini

  Life, Revenge, Heart

  "Eragon". Book by Christopher Paolini, 2003.

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• The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

  John F. Kennedy

  Trust, Peace, Fear

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.471, Best Books on

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  If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Walden". Book by Henry David Thoreau, 1854.

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• What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?

  Langston Hughes

  Love, Dream, Dry Up

  "Harlem" l. 1 (1951)

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• The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

  John F. Kennedy

  Lying, Enemy, Comfort

  Yale University Commencement Address, delivered 11 June 1962

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• Today, continue to nourish your dreams. Hold fast to your vision and do something every day to bring it into manifestation. Everything is possible in God, because God is the infinite Possibility within everything. Know that you are God's Beloved in whom God is pleased. Never giving up on yourself is what it takes to be your own hero.

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Dream, Giving Up

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