“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
Source: A Voice in the Wind
“It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.”
The Rickover Effect (1992)
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“Who in life’s battle firm doth stand
Shall bear hope’s tender blossoms
Into the silent land!”
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
(1762–1834) Swiss poet, author, politician and officer
The Silent Land, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati
(1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1850s, The House Divided speech (1858)
Context: Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. Did we brave all them to falter now? — now, when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.
Ben Harper
(1969) singer-songwriter and musician
Better Way.
Song lyrics, Both Sides of the Gun (2006)
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
David Brinkley
(1920–2003) American journalist
Thomas Carlyle
(1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
(Often shortened to "can't stand prosperity" as an unknown quote).
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters
“All through life, be sure and put your feet in the right place, and then stand firm.”
Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
As recalled by Rebecca R. Pomroy in Echoes from hospital and White House (1884), by Anna L. Boyden, p. 61 http://books.google.com/books?id=7LZiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=feet
Posthumous attributions
Variant: Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.