Firmness

(125 votes)   Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.

J. Swartz

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(121 votes)   The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1819-1892, American Poet

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(107 votes)   A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

Adlai E. Stevenson
1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician

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(90 votes)   Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.

Lord Chesterfield
1694-1773, British Statesman, Author

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(82 votes)   It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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