“It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.” SeaInvestingFirmNonsenseAnchors Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,Can circumvent or hinder or controlThe firm resolve of a determined soul.Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;All things give way before it soon or late.What obstacle can stay the mighty forceOf the sea seeking river in its course,Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?” WayGivingSoulCoursesCausesWaitingChanceDestinyFateSeaLateAll ThingsRiversSeekingObstaclesDeterminedFirmResolveHinderAscendingOrbs Book:Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition) Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)
“My mind changes often ... People who have no mind can easily be steadfast and firm, but when a man is loaded down to the guards with it, as I am, every heavy sea of foreboding or inclination, maybe of indolence, shifts the cargo.” PeopleMenMindSeaHeavyFirmInclinationLoadedSteadfastIndolenceCargoForeboding Author:Mark Twain
“We need a firm cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. No coal, oil, or gas could enter the economy until the buyer had a permit. All permits would be auctioned by the federal government, and the number of permits auctioned would be decreased by three percent per year. Permits could be traded, but they could not be created out of whole cloth by companies that plant forests or dump iron filings at sea.” NeedsYearsWholeGovernmentWould BeThreeNumbersCompanyEconomySeaPercentPlantOilForestsFirmFuelGasIronPermitCarbonFederal GovernmentCoalFossilsCapsFossil FuelEmissionsDumpBuyersFilingCarbon Emissions Author:Denis Hayes
“... courage is accompanied by patience and firm resolution? God sets courage like a sea around the weakness of our nature, enabling us to undermine the strongholds and citadels of the enemy.” ChristianEnemySeaWeaknessFirmOrthodoxResolutionOrthodox ChristianEnablingStrongholdsCitadels Author:Niketas Stethatos