Steadfastness Quotes

• Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

  George C. Marshall

  Courage, Attitude, Mind

  Military Review, October 1948.

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• Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Love, Steadfast, Our Lives

  Christopher Marlowe, George Robinson (editor.) (1826). “The works of Christopher Marlowe [ed. by G. Robinson].”, p.343

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• Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

  Euripides

  Character, Gold, Literature

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Water, Cliffs

  Marcus Aurelius (1945). “Marcus Aurelius and His Times”

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• Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Unique, Men, Doe

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• Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

  Jim Elliot

  Giving, Weakness, Lord

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• This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Men, Faces, Admiration

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• Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you tell whether an individual or a country has steadfastness.

  John F. Kennedy

  Leadership, Country, Adversity

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• Beginners are many; finishers are few.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

  Stephen M. R. Covey (2008). “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.

  Jane Addams

  Principles, Belief, Conviction

  Jane Addams (2010). “Peace and Bread in Time of War”, p.86, University of Illinois Press

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• Steady, sustained, and incremental spiritual progress produces the fruit of steadfastness-and helps us to reduce the disparity between what we know and what we do. Testimony is strengthened and conversion unto the Lord is deepened through small and simple things done well over time.

  David A. Bednar

  Spiritual, Simple, Progress

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• Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.

  S. D Gordon

  Self, Listening, Faces

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• Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

  Aaron Swartz

  Humility, Understanding, Quality

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• The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God.

  Alexander MacLaren

  Roots, Fidelity, Consecration

  Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• As you allow the beloved to grow within you, you will discover a steadfastness to the spiritual journey.

  Jean Houston

  Spiritual, Journey, Beloved

  Jean Houston (1987). “The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Mythology and Sacred Psychology”, Tarcher

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• As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

  Shawn Johnson

  Perseverance, Mistake, Gymnastics

  Shawn Johnson (2012). “Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams”, p.62, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.

  John Owen

  Believe, Blow, Wind

  John Owen (1990). “The Works of John Owen”

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• Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity.

  Polycarp

  Jesus, Father, Son

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• Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

  Gustav Mahler

  Way, Opinion, Oneself

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• Confide not in the firmness of your principles, or the steadfastness of your integrity. Be always vigilant and fearful. Never think you have enough of knowledge, and let not your caution slumber for a moment, for you know not when danger is near.

  Charles Brockden Brown

  Integrity, Thinking, Principles

  Charles Brockden Brown (1998). “Wieland; Or the Transformation and Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist”, p.260, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.

  David Mamet

  Men, Quality, Admire

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• But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.

  Rumi

  Wings, Spheres, Clarity

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.237, Penguin UK

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• True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.

  Caroline Emelia Stephen

  Inner Peace, Inward, Vacancy

  Caroline Emelia Stephen (1908). “Light Arising: Thoughts on the Central Radiance”

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• Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.

  Mike Tyson

  Determination, Fun, Motivation

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• I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Life, Believe, Unique

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