Steadfastness Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• Can we somehow muster the courage and steadfastness of purpose that characterized the pioneers of a former generation? Can you and I, in actual fact, be pioneers [today]?

  Thomas S. Monson

  Pioneers, Generations, Purpose

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

  David Mamet

  Men, Quality, Admire

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• I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

  Fiona Apple

  Parent, Development, Want

  Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. December 7, 1997.

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• Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is élan, esprit de corps and determination.

  George C. Marshall

  Loyalty, Determination, Persistence

  Military Review, October 1948.

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• We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

  George W. Bush

  Friends, Israel, Support

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• It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

  Frank Woolley

  Lasts, Cricket, Produce

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• The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel.

  John Boehner

  Commitment, Unique, Israel

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• In the past 20 years and more since China embarked on the road of reform and opening up, we have moved steadfastly to promote political restructuring and vigorously build democratic politics under socialism.

  Hu Jintao

  Past, Opening Up, Years

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• Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to get His mighty power. If we would have Him, we must meet in greater numbers; we must pray with greater fervency, we must watch with greater earnestness, and believe with firmer steadfastness. The prayer meeting...is the appointed place for the reception of power.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Believe, Numbers

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• To the rest of us the supreme vindication of the scholar's view lies in their invincible allegiance to the Jewish heritage - a steadfastness that has been matched only by that of their rescuers.

  Henrietta Szold

  Lying, Views, Heritage

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• As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

  Richard M. Nixon

  War, Long, People

  Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.19, Best Books on

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• We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

  Jane D. Hull

  September 11, Events, Our Actions

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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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• All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror.

  John Shimkus

  Country, War, Fall

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• A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

  James Madison

  Political, Liberty, United States

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.

  Chris Chocola

  Country, Commitment, Fighting

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• But, ah me! where is the faultless human creature who can persevere in a good resolution, without sometimes failing and falling back?

  Wilkie Collins

  Fall, Sometimes, Persevere

  Wilkie Collins (2015). “Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins”, p.159, e-artnow sro

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• There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow.
  There is no pleasure for the one who has no patience
  No bliss for someone with no misery
  and no rest for the one with no fatigue.
  When someone is a little tired,
  he has long rest.
  When he endures the difficulty of steadfastness for a time,
  that leads him to eternal life.
  All that the people of eternal bliss
  are in is steadfastness for a time.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Wisdom, Islamic, Tired

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• Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?

  Charlotte Bronte

  Law, Temptation, Soul

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Jane Eyre: Easyread Edition”, p.149, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

  Stephen King

  Unhappy, Hard Life, Ifs

  Stephen King (2016). “Firestarter”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• The principle aim of psychotherapy is not to transport one to an impossible state of happiness, but to help (the client) acquire steadfastness and patience in the face of suffering.

  Carl Jung

  Suffering, Principles, Faces

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