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

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.

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...

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

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!

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

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

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

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...

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

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...

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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