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.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Firmness Quotes

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Disappointment is often the salt of life

Disappointment is often the salt of life