Firm Quotes (page 19)

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• wild
• small
• imagination

Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision. Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by: but I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience. Charlotte Bronte

• eyes
• she
• hot

Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way. Virginia Woolf

• wisdom
• generously
• being generous

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. Edith Wharton

• greatness
• download
• believe

I firmly believe that the next great breakthrough in bioscience could come from a 15-year-old who downloads the human genome in Egypt. Thomas Friedman

• little
• happy
• manly

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is. Daniel Boone

• believe
• matter
• lively

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof. Brittany Murphy

• believe
• environment
• timber

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry. Frank Murkowski

• today
• people
• dedication

By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders. Anne M. Mulcahy

• good
• believe
• believers

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. Lord Mountbatten

• world
• imperfection
• moonlight

I now resolved to go to bed early, with a firm purpose of also rising early the next day to revisit this charming walk; for I thought to myself, I have now seen this temple of the modern world imperfectly; I have seen it only by moonlight. Karl Philipp Moritz

• believe
• believer
• firmness

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. Michel de Montaigne

• work
• law
• working

Once when I was a fugitive, I was working for a law firm in Denver. Kevin Mitnick

• couple
• political
• job

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did. George J. Mitchell

• world
• worlds
• imperatives

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. Andrew Mitchell

• believe
• avoiding
• vietnamese

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese. Duong Van Minh