Firmness Quotes

There is a trend toward the left and populism that causes problems. The future president will have to face this with firmness and defend Chile's interests with energy. - Sebastian Pinera

The standards of the international community manifest firmness. Iran has no need for long-range missiles or to collaborate with terrorist organizations all over the world. - Moshe Katsav

The one who has perhaps gained the most is the prime minister, who stood for the state and managed to deliver a message of firmness together with a message of openness to society. - Dominique Moisi

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. - Jilly Cooper

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness. - Robert Blair

The government's policy is firmness, composure and moderation. - Nicolas Sarkozy

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 false, and to form a correct judgment b. - Thomas Jefferson

The earth is always represented as an emblem of patience; the bolt of Indra, if taken in its technical sense, as the bolt of a gate, might likewise suggest the idea of firmness; while the lake is a constant representative of serenity and purity. - Friedrich Max Muller