Firm Quotes

Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss who I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park,listened carefully to me, and finally said, "That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn't already have a good job."

True love, on the other hand, unifies all the elements of our person and becomes a new light pointing the way to a great and fulfilled life. Without truth, love is incapable of establishing a firm bond; it cannot liberate our isolated ego or redeem it from the fleeting moment in order to create life and bear fruit.

Two weaknesses leaning together create a strength. Therefore the half of the world leaning against the other half becomes firm.

From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.