Firm Quotes - Page 5

• Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Promise, Mind

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.380, Oxford University Press

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• The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.

  William Hartung

  Art, Leader, President

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• In short, absolute, so-called mathematical, factors never find a firm basis in military calculations. From the very start, there is an interplay of possibilities, probabilities, good luck and bad, that weaves its way throughout the length and breadth of the tapestry. In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, War, Good Luck

  On War Chapter 1, 21 (p. 86)

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• To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

  Mark Twain

  Errors

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• This world is not a vale of sorrows if you will recognize discriminatingly what is truly excellent in it; and if you will avail yourself of it for mutual happiness and well-being. Therefore, let us explain as often as possible, and particularly at the departure of life, that we base our faith on firm foundations, on Truth for putting into action our ideas which do not depend on fables and ideas which Science has long ago proven to be false.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Long Ago, Ideas, Sorrow

  Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage”, Dell Books

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• That Wall Street has gone down because of this is justice ... They built a castle to rip people off. Not once in all these years have I come across a person inside a big Wall Street firm who was having a crisis of conscience.

  Steve Eisman

  Wall, Rip, Years

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• Financial institutions have been merging into a smaller number of very large banks. Almost all banks are interrelated. So the financial ecology is swelling into gigantic, incestuous, bureaucratic banks-when one fails, they all fall. We have moved from a diversified ecology of small banks, with varied lending policies, to a more homogeneous framework of firms that all resemble one another. True, we now have fewer failures, but when they occur... I shiver at the thought.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Fall, Numbers, Financial

  "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable". Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007.

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• The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.

  Horace

  Passion, Men, Tyrants

  'Odes' bk. 3, no. 3, l. 1

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• Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.

  Nick Offerman

  Doors, Hands, Practice

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 13, 2013.

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• Would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm on the theoretic and visionary fear that this Government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Successful, Government, Energy

  First Inaugural Address, 4 March 1801

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• Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.

  Kevin Sorbo

  Dream, Giving Up, Believe

  "From “Hercules” to “Christmas Angel”: Kevin Sorbo talks about his personal journey and his role in GMC TV’s new yuletide film about the value of human kindness". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Ignorance, Men, Stronger

  Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.55, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• I'm a firm believer in God and I don't think he'd want me acting a certain way.

  Dwyane Wade

  Thinking, Acting, Want

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• Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.

  Greg Smith

  Ideas, Example, Today

  "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs" by Greg Smith, www.nytimes.com. March 14, 2012.

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• A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands right and wrong, with a strong sense of self is beautiful. A man who can be compassionate and caring, but firm and wise. Someone who can do the right thing no matter who's around to see it. Even if the deed is unseen and unrecognized. That is a beautiful man. One today is worth two tomorrows.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Beautiful, Wise, Strong

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• To build your self image, you need to join the smile, firm handshake and compliment club.

  Zig Ziglar

  Self, Needs, Clubs

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• In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.

  Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

  Light, Hands, Order

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• A firm hand is one which holds the horse in full contact.

  Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere

  Horse, Hands, Contact

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• The majority of my fans have been amazing & supportive. But I am in shock and ashamed of many of my 'fans' who are standing firm in their stance that I am 'less than' them because of my sexual orientation. To those who feel this way: I gladly show you the door and wish you well on your journey.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  Journey, Doors, Supportive

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• Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Reality, Passive Resistance

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• Success is an intoxicant, and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grasp on reality.

  Andy Stanley

  Reality, People, Intoxicated

  Andy Stanley (2011). “Next Generation Leader”, p.22, Multnomah

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• Because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort they wanted, and because they carefully studied market trends and systematically allocated investment capital to innovations that promised the best returns, they lost their positions of leadership.

  Clayton Christensen

  Technology, Innovation, Trends

  Clayton Christensen (2013). “The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail”, p.8, Harvard Business Review Press

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news, glad tidings, and much more. It is the message of salvation as repeatedly announced by Jesus Christ and His apostles and prophets. It is my firm belief that all truth and light originating with God is embraced in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Light, News

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• Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted upon them decisively.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Believe, Mind, Principles

  Remarks on the Passing of Ronald Reagan, tape delivered on 11 June 2004

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• I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.

  Ray Charles

  Catholic, Baptists, Methodists

  "Ray Charles: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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