"Stand firm" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ourselves like men, and strive to stand firm in the battle, then should we see the Lord helping us from Heaven. For He Himself is alway ready to help those who strive and who trust in Him; yea, He provideth for us occasions of striving, to the end that ...
— The Imitation of Christ • Thomas a Kempis
... earl the arm had wounded; 165 Fell then to earth the fallow-hilt sword: He might not hold the hardened brand, His weapon wield. Yet the word he spake, The hoary hero the youths encouraged, Bade forwards go his good companions: 170 He might not on foot longer stand firm; He looked up to heaven, [the earl exclaimed:[17]] "I thanks to thee give, Ruler of nations, For all those joys that on earth I experienced: Now, Maker mild, most need have I 175 That thou to my spirit the blessing grant, That my soul ...
— Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood • Anonymous
... his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited ...
— Tao Teh King • Lao-Tze
... answered, numb with grief, yet too proud to prevaricate. "But I advised him to stand firm; and he abode ...
— The Woman Who Did • Grant Allen
... how that was; naturally I have forgotten; but since I have been old enough to think for myself, I never could bear rocking-chairs. I like an easy-chair—as easy as you please—but I want it to stand firm upon its four legs. So I did not enjoy the water quite as well as my sister did. But she grew enthusiastic; she wished she was going all the way over, and I told her she would have to drop me at ...
— Nobody • Susan Warner
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