Quotes About Resolve

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

Nothing will divert me from my purpose.

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in GOD, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts. Abraham Lincoln, in an address to congress July 4th, 1861

Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

October} 13th [1862] (To McClellan) ...if we never try, we shall never succeed.

I have seen your dispatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke...

No man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon, feel better - quite happy - if you only stick to the resolution you have taken to procure a military education. I am older than you, have felt badly myself, and know, what I tell you is true. Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all you life.

Must is the word... You can not fail if you resolutely determine that you will not... Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important that any other thing.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in GOD, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

Be sure to place your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Get the books, and read and study them till, you understand them in their principal features; and that is the main thing. It is of no consequence to be in a large town while you are reading. I read at New-Salem, which never had three hundred people living in it. The books, and your capacity for understanding them, are just the same in all places. ... Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

Do you, like Hector, think of your family above all and weaken your resolve by doing that?

Did you ever find yourself in a place in life where you had committed to something, and you couldn't make it work?

For obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!

No arguments will give courage to the coward.

No arguments will give courage to the coward. The

Perseverance is surer than swiftness.