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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

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

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

Suspense is worst than disappointment

Suspense is worst than disappointment

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...

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.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.