Stability Quotes

• Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Courage

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons.

  Nathaniel Branden

  World, Persons

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• Flexibility is the key to stability.

  John Wooden

  Keys, Flexibility

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• True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.

  Tom Robbins

  Order, Organization, Waiting

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.222, Bantam

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• Remember that the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

  Ho Chi Minh

  Strength, Wisdom, Nature

  "From Colonialism to Communism: A Case History of North Vietnam". Book by Van Chi Hoang, 1964.

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• No social stability without individual stability.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brave New World, Individual, Social

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• If you’re controlled by your circumstances, life is going to be a roller coaster with ups and downs. God wants you to be stable, consistent, not moved by any of these things. When you face an adversity, when you hit a tough time, one of the best things you can do is simply stay calm. Keep your peace.

  Joel Osteen

  Adversity, Tough Times, Stay Calm

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• Silence is the great teacher and to learn its lessons you must pay attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration, knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of inner silence.

  Deepak Chopra

  Teacher, Inspiration, Knowing

  Deepak Chopra (1993). “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old”, Harmony

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• The key to success is emotional stability.

  Warren Buffett

  Emotional, Keys, Key To Success

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• There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  Solidarity

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• The enemy of stability can be complacency

  Ross Brawn

  Business, Enemy, Complacency

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• Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Funny, Change

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• Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.

  James Madison

  Character, Patriotic, Blessing

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). “The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers”, p.73, Rowman & Littlefield

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• People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Anchors, Want Something, People

  "Leader of Mormon Church Looks to Future". Interview, articles.latimes.com. March 8, 1997.

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• True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced.

  Tom Robbins

  Order, Results, Balanced

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.222, Bantam

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• Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Emotional, Soul, Intellectual

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.23, Rodale

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• When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.

  Sakyong Mipham

  People, Meditation, Mind

  Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.65, Harmony

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• The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Opportunity, Growth, Cost

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.70, Knopf

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• Be ready to face the worst. This will leave you with stability in your mind.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Mind, Faces, Worst

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• Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.

  Vernon Howard

  Mind, Remember, Mental Illness

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• If our emotional stability is based on what other people do or do not do, then we have no stability. If our emotional stability is based on love that is changeless and unalterable, then we attain the stability of God.

  Marianne Williamson

  Emotional, People, Ifs

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• A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

  Aldo Leopold

  Beauty, Nature, Integrity

  A Sand County Almanac pt. 3 (1949)

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• Stability is not immobility.

  Klemens von Metternich

  Security

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• Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.

  Kris Carr

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Kris Carr from Jul 16, 2013

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• Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Important, Literature, Remember

  "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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