Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Despite the firmness of the statement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry, … Russia still hopes for the soonest possible resumption of the six-nation negotiations and compromises in settling problems with due consideration of the...

My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same thing about men? (…)Response [by Lady Rectitude]: “Fair sweet friend, have you not...

pulling a great substance from a higher height whilst leaning on a slippery ground with the mentality of having the substance whilst standing is a thought of fantasy. You may only result in falling with...

That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey

There is a pleasant firmness of tone when one is in harmony with oneself. Even when it’s a weak ethic one is resonating with.

Since when is failure more appealing? Never give up.

The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and...

If you can’t be real and firm with others about who you are, you will be doomed to a phony, plastic bullshit existence, where you only live for others.

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.