Steadfast Quotes

• Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.

  Helen Keller

  Motivational, Heart, Imagination

  Helen Keller (2012). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.89, Courier Corporation

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• Above our life we love a steadfast friend.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Love, Our Lives, Steadfast Love

  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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• He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

  Saint Augustine

  Sincere, Lord, Fervent

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• Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Jesus, Heart, Giving

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• Dreams are there to be realized, not to be dreamed.
  To realize a dream, you have to stay steadfast in your strong will.

  Gackt

  Dream, Strong, Realizing

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• Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Important, Resolution

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.56, Courier Corporation

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• What to do when adversity strikes? There is only one thing to do. Stand steady and see it through. Stay steadfast, constant, and true. The real tragedy in the whirlwinds of life comes only when we allow them to blow us off our true course.

  David S. Baxter

  Real, Adversity, Blow

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• Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Determination, Whatever Happens, Happens

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• We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Trust, Heart, Long

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• Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Opportunity, Giving

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• What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

  Alice Hegan Rice

  Perseverance, People, Secret

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• Believe steadfastly on Him and everything that challenges you will strengthen your faith. There is continual testing in the life of faith up to the point of our physical death, which is the last great test. Faith is absolute trust in God-trust that could never imagine that He would forsake us.

  Oswald Chambers

  Believe, Challenges, Tests

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• Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Motivational, Fitness

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• You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.

  Adam Young

  Heart, Mountain, Realizing

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• Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith.

  Joel Osteen

  Rewards, Ifs

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from It's Your Time”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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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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• Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite.

  John Keats

  Art, Stars, Night

  'Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art' (1819)

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• Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.

  John Hancock

  God, Christian, Men

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• Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.

  Margaret Mary Alacoque

  God, Religious, Mean

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• Place your burden at the feet of the Lord of the universe who is ever victorious and accomplishes everything. Remain all the time steadfast in the heart, in the Transcendental Absolute. God knows the past, present and future. He will determine the future for you and accomplish the work. What is to be done will be done at the proper time. Don't worry. Abide in the heart and surrender your acts to the Divine.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Heart, Past, Feet

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• Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.

  Franz Boas

  Opportunity, Looks, Path

  Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.69, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

  Moshe Sharett

  People, Degrees, Needs

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• To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strong, Good Luck, Evil

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• Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Clouds, Fickle

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle (1841). “Essays”, p.13

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