#steadiness

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. ↗

— Jane Austen

#being #called #charming #diffidence #girl

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#features #good #good breeding #marks #person

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#could #doubts #go #had #i

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#feel #gentleness #manner #resentment #same

We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#crises #does #ebb #flow #god

We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#government #improve #quality #steadiness #system