There are men who rise refreshed on hearing a threat; men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, — demanding not the faculties of prudence and thrift, but comprehension, immovableness, the readiness of sacrifice, — comes graceful and beloved as a bride. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I only beg of you not to impute to obstinacy the immovableness I have shown to so tender a friend; and to forgive me every thing I have said or done amiss in your presence, for it has not proceeded from inward rancour to the poor Bella. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I told him of the unchanging vow of celibacy of priest and nun, and of the immovableness of the Church; I feared he would have a relapse and removed him hither, where he has since taken our vows, and is now a brother. ❋ Annie Gregg Savigny (N/A)
I was so astounded by the immovableness of that ladder that I remained stockstill, trying to account for it to myself like that imbecile mate of mine. ❋ Unknown (1911)
There are men who rise refreshed on hearing a threat; men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majoritydemanding not the faculties of prudence and thrift, but comprehension, immovableness, the readiness of sacrificecomes graceful and beloved as a bride. ❋ Unknown (1909)
The immovableness of these abstractions from within will further incline us to consider the meta physical contradiction of necessity and free will in the only rational way; that is, ` historically. ' ❋ 1817-1893 (1907)
"You see, he sits there in solemn silence looking so tremendously wise that most men feel foolish if they speak, while as for doing anything the idea appears preposterous, in the face of his immovableness." ❋ Ralph Connor (1898)
I was so astounded by the immovableness of that ladder that I remained stock-still, trying to account for it to myself like that imbecile mate of mine. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)
Never have I felt the quietness, the immovableness, and the permanent rest that I do now. ❋ Walter Elliott (1885)
Ah! if you could have witnessed her dignity, her wisdom, her grace, her compassionate immovableness, you'd never think of her as the little Harper girl again. ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)
We can have in our inmost hearts steadfastness, immovableness, even though the surface may be ruffled. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)
Niagara in its wildest plunge, and were with a word to freeze all its descending waters and stiffen them into immovableness in fetters of eternal ice. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)
The immovableness of the trustful man is not all unlike the calmness of the trusted God; and the steadfastness of the one is a reflex of the unchangeableness of the other. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)
There should be some kind of correspondence between the firmness with which we grasp, the tenacity with which we hold, the assurance with which we believe, these great truths, and the rock-like firmness and immovableness of the evidence upon which they rest. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)
Nor is it likely she would have now given in, for immovableness was one of the most marked of her characteristics, had she not been so broken by mental suffering, that she did not care much about anything, least of all about herself. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, -- men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority -- demanding, not the faculties of prudence and thrift, but comprehension, immovableness, the readiness of sacrifice -- comes graceful and beloved as a bride! ❋ Maturin Murray Ballou (1857)
There are men who rise refreshed on hearing a threat; men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, -- demanding not the faculties of prudence and thrift, but comprehension, immovableness, the readiness of sacrifice, -- comes graceful and beloved as a bride. ❋ Unknown (1849)
That which externally seemed will and immovableness was willingness and self-annihilation. ❋ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1842)
Your so immovable ❋ Sofi.go (2021)
