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Only hardness or only softness creates an inability to deal effectively with the fluctuations of life.
There was an honesty inherent in bulkiness if it is just the right amount.
I burn, I freeze; I am never warm. I am rigid; I forgot softness because it did not serve me.
Though firm, we are never too firm, though we love fun, we never have fun in a silly way that makes us appear ridiculous, unless that is our intent.
It is the stress that holds the structure up.
Steady of heart and stout of hand.
Therefore the place of what is firm and strong is below, and that of what is soft and weak is above.
The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.
It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
In order to have a good hand, it must be light, gentle, and firm.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.
A leader is firm enough to be responsive to changes.
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
Elasticity is a fundamental principle of perception,
For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.
You understand ... just what the Taoists mean when they say that soft is stronger than hard.
Not only does God think we're firme, it is God's joy to have us marinate in that.
WHEN THE BALL IS COMING AT 100 MPH FROM PITCHER THERES NOTHING SOFT ABOUT THAT
Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.
Stubborn breaks when it don't bend,
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Soft as butter they can be, and yet sometimes as tough as old tree-roots.
My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler,
quieter, warmer.
Try a little tenderness ...
Is it a big ass firm or a big firm ass?
Cersei in 'Game of Thrones' is quite solid and stiff.
Body is not stiff, mind is stiff.
Much handled things are always soft(27).
The most difficult kind of strength
restraint.
A hard pain it Munro's spine as it lurched into an awkward curve, arching his back off the surface where he lay. Muscles contracted, jerking and releasing, jerking and releasing. The calm voices grew insistent and frenzied, but in a controlled, orchestrated way.
The firmest house in my fiction, probably, is the little thick-walled sandstone farmhouse of 'The Centaur' and 'Of the Farm'; I had lived in that house, and can visualize every floorboard and bit of worn molding.
The luxurious ache of tired but not weary limbs.
Darling, you know how I like the sight of a stiff one.
The passive stiffness of a joint reflects properties of the muscle tissue, joint capsule, tendons, skin and geometry of the joint.
Yielding, like ice about to melt.
Life - with or without softener- is hard
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of
softness overcoming hardness.
So firm, yet so soft, her body was a contradiction in terms."
~Zane's thoughts...
Tightness takes more energy than the letting go.
Words that may be firm in information can be soft in spirit.
I am shaking it, popping it, laying it down and working it out
To be soft is to be powerful
Stiff, huh? I think seeing you roll around on the floor in that tight little outfit accomplished that.
The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.
Soft power is quiet persistence.
I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.
Gentle flexibility
is the way of the humble master
I believe in looseness.
Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.
But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
Every muscular rigidity contains the history and the meaning of its origin.
A hard head will make a soft behind.
I still don't know whether there are more hard or soft things in the world,
Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.
I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of resilience.
That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined.
Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?
The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.
Yup, definitely lumpy.
His failure hurt too badly for that. It was a bad equation. Best erase it and try a new one.
If adults could put aside their obsessions with such firmness, the world would undoubtedly be a better place. Robertson Davies does not say that in his Deptford Trilogy ... but he strongly hints at it.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.
Be firm on principle but flexible on method.
That which comes slow comes solid.
The tension is making him practically vibrate.
Be mild and firm. Apply your best exertions to put us in a proper posture of defense.
Other men are strong like bricks - firm, unyielding, but if you pound on them long enough, they crack. You ... you're strong like the wind. Always there, so willing to bend, but never apologetic for the times when you must be firm.
Soft things are terrifying. They're the real signals of death. Images of strength can never be that terrifying. It's the images of weakness that are a real apocalypse.
For a woman like Shiela, a soft hand would render her bold and controlling and a firm one would make her bitter and resentful.
It looks hard," said Michael. "Not squishy like poop.
I do not like hardness of heart, but neither do I like softness of head.
He who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will.
Comfort is a well-worn
pair of shoes
seconds before the
strap breaks
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.
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Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity.
The sensation of energy expands with increasing relaxation.
I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty.
Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching.
But soft,what light yonder window breaks...
In soft regions are born soft men.
There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude.
I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded
Soft kiss gives strength.
A painting should be tough; it should have muscle, but I have to find some tenderness in it, too. There has to be that dynamic.
Being gentle or soft does not mean you are weak. It means just the opposite. It means you are strong.
Strong in all the Broken Places
Posture is Paramount.
You can't change a single word. What is tensile strength? It is that all the components are working together. I repeat: You can't change a single word. The best short stories are built on this premise.
Although he's slight, he has that wiry strength that seems to come more from will than muscle.
You break me the hardest,
make me the strongest, and keep me
the softest.
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
Don't take tension, take ninesion
After an hour in the gym, the only thing I stretch is the truth.
Good and gentle creatures do not offer a very stiff resistance, not for long, anyway. (from "A Gentle Creature")
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
Be aware that rigidity imprisons.
I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise.
Yield and you need not break. Bent, you can straighten. Emptied, you can hold. Torn, you can mend.