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Letter "F" » firmness
«Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.»
Author: Charles Hole
| About:
Decision
| Keywords:
caution, deliberate, firmness, graciousness, oppose
«In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight.»
«That which is called firmness in a king is called obstinacy in a donkey»
«Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing»
«An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. a crisis [that] calls for firmness and restraint.»
Author: Jimmy Carter
(President)
| Keywords:
bounds, diplomatic, firmness, International, international law, restraint, terrorism
«Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.»
«The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy»
«Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Moderation
| Keywords:
commonly, firmness, moderation
«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»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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abuses, correct, discernment, falsehood, firmness, manifested, press, safely, the press, trusted, withstanding, withstood
«There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.»
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