Quotes About Resolve

The individual act of will is the strongest, most transcendent part of us. To look upon something with our deepest overriding passions, whether it be rage, grief, hope or love, and yet recognise a greater need or goal, and to say, "I will do this" or "I will not do that", no matter what the personal cost, is a triumph of the spirit. The exercise of the will is the art of humans in the state of being.' --

Martyrdom was a hard habit to break.

He would give Imogen another fifteen minutes, he decided. If she had not put in an appearance by then, he would abandon her to her own devices. But he had no sooner made that firm resolve than he hastily changed his mind. The thought of Imogen left to her own devices was enough to chill his blood.

Being brave and being fearless are two different things.

One important aspect of it was his willingness to accept that many questions may be unresolved even after our best efforts, and our answers may remain incomplete.

Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when I first considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it again

The best way to do it, is to do it!

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

I know that I need to be completely immersed in it for the rest of my life. And that's probably enough for me to make it.

I'll kill them for you, Marky—I swear I will. But first you need to pull that bastard out from under the bed so I know what I'm fighting.

happen? That the biggest con of all is telling yourself that it will? How could he tell Craw that saying you were going to do something and then making it happen was, for Jeremy, as unlikely as Craw settling down with a nice girl and breeding like bunnies?

now literally armed

You do it before I'm dead, I'll kill myself in front of you," I said, meaning it. Sonny nodded. "I'll send some feelers out. We're not goin' through this for chickenshit, Ace. We're gonna fuckin' win big.

Yes, it's hard to understand," Mikhail growled back. "You have this… this magnificent heart, and you just… try to throw it away. How could you do it?

They say a desperate soul would do anything to get what he wants, but even a desperate soul cannot match a man who believes he has nothing to lose.

Cái v?n ?? mà b?n ?ang ph?i ??i ??u ?ó ch?ng thành v?n ?? ?âu. Ch? vì b?n ngh?, "Ð?y là n?i kh? c?a tôi!", "Ð?y là ?i?u mà tôi ph?i gi?i quy?t cho xong". Ð?ng suy ngh? theo chi?u h??ng ?ó n?a, r?i thì ch?ng có v?n ?? nào c?.

Is there aught that thou canst not do if thou hast but the will?

I'd wanted emotion but couldn't find it here, so I settled for motion.

All that counts in life is intention.

I pledge allegiance to perspiration …

If truly tested, how would we react?

Commitment is like putting your foot in the ocean of life, if it is not all the way in, you are not committed." Andreas Simic

and the only reason he came out at all, during that period after he left Frankie, when he wanted to go away and hide forever, was the crazy compulsion with which we resolved all the tangled impulses of our lives—the need to dance.

Our Union: It must be preserved.