A book is like a man--clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page li...ke a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to st...and firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Pop" Wyman ruled here with a firm but gentle hand; no drunken man was ever served at the bar; no married man was allowed to play ...at the tables; across the face of the large clock was written "Please Don't Swear," and over the orchestra appeared the gentle admonition, "Don't Shoot the Pianist--He's Doing His Damndest."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
in the morning Should I not pause in the light to remember God?... Upright and firm I stand on a star unstable, He is immense and lonely as a cloud.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to comm...and their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So far we have been going firmly ahead, feeling the firm ground of prejudice glide away beneath our feet which is always rather ex...hilarating, but what next? You will be waiting for the bit where we bog down, the bit where we take it all back, and sure enough that's going to come but it will take time.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long a...s the swatter remained in view....Permanent transformation had to be internal....The habits of self discipline, as laborious and frustrating as they were to achieve, offered the only real possibility of keeping children safe from their own excesses as well as the omnipresent dangers of society.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »