Elbert Hubbard Quotes

The only thing that matters is that we stand firm.

Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with.

I'm not going to bow down to anybody, not going to back away from anybody.

I'll be firm," I promised Patch, adopting a no-nonsense expression. "No backing down." By now Patch was full-on grinning. He kissed me again, and I felt my mouth soften its resolve. "You look cute when you're trying to be tough," he said.

We have to be much tougher. We have to be much stronger than we've been.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

I stand for people who are firm in their journey.

I will not back down to anyone.

We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.

Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly.

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

I have a strong temperament, but our country needs a strong temperament.

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses or "caves in.

Compromise does not mean cowardice.

I am not capitulating.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!

If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.

I'm pretty tough.

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.

I will not take 'but' for an answer.

I refused to take no for an answer.

We need to be confident. We need not to blink.

There is nothing more contemptible than half-measures.