Sentence examples for firm and constant from inspiring English sources

Then Shelley explained that he himself — the man who had just abandoned her — was Harriet's one "firm and constant friend," the only person in the world "by whom your feelings will never wilfully be injured.

"I want to put into practice my firm and constant desire to adapt the institution to the times we are living in at each moment, leading a project that links our history with the future and that encompasses our traditions with a forward-thinking, progressive spirit," he said in Barcelona in 2011.

While it is conceivable that one might have a "firm and constant will" to do something without having examined whether it is the right thing to do, one cannot have a firm and constant will to do what is judged to be the best, unless one is capable of judging what the best is.

The second consists in his feeling within himself a firm and constant resolution to use it well that is, never to lack the will to undertake and carry out whatever he judges to be best.

Another distinctive passion Descartes describes is generosity [generosité], which produces a kind of self-directed wonder, or esteem, grounded in our recognition "that nothing really belongs to us other than the free disposition of our volitions," along with sensing "in ourselves at the same time a firm and constant resolution to use them well" (AT XI 446, slightly altered from CSM I 384).

Descartes identifies the supreme good with virtue, which he defines as "a firm and constant will to bring about everything we judge to be the best and to employ all the force of our intellect in judging well" (AT IV 277/CSMK 277/CSMK

This was my first introduction to 'real' fairies, and it remains a firm favourite and constant source of inspiration.

A good massage uses long, firm strokes and constant pressure to relax the hip muscles, reduce spasms and relieve tension in the nerve.

His devotion to his family and our firm and his constant counsel, in law and life, will be reminders to us all to enrich and savor every moment.

As in the Provincial Economic Accounts from Statistics Canada, capital income is distributed between firms and a constant share is allocated to capital allowance.

The team of behavioral and data scientists at Knack, a Silicon Valley start-up firm, uses computer games and constant measurement to test emotional intelligence, cognitive skills, working memory and propensity for risk-taking.