The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.
Quotes about unfaltering (6 Quotes)
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
When, from a long distant past, nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, but with more vitality, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised for a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of all the rest and bear unfaltering ... the vast structure of recollection.
The Inevitable I like the man who faces what he must, With step triumphant and a heart of cheer Who fights the daily battle without fear Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfaltering trust That God is God,that somehow true and just His plans work out for mortals not a tear Is shed when fortune, which the world holds dear, Falls from his grasp better, with love, a crust Than living in dishonor envies not, Nor loses faith in man but does his best, Nor ever murmurs at his humbler lot But with a smile and words of hope, gives zest To every toiler he alone is great Who by a life heroic conquers fate.
not only to recall the grievous crimes committed in human history but also to reaffirm our unfaltering resolve to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.