Quotes About Resolve

I don't intend to run away from a girl. Jo can't prevent my seeing her, and I shall stay and do it as long as I like, interrupted Laurie in a defiant tone. Not if you are the gentleman I think you. I'm disappointed, but the girl can't help it, and the only thing left for you to do is to go away for a time. Where will you go?

had no courage to think that at first, heavenly kind as was your welcome to me. But soon I began to hope, and then I said, 'I will haf her if I die for it,' and so I will! cried Mr. Bhaer, with a defiant nod, as if the walls of mist closing round them were barriers which he was to surmount or valiantly knock down. Jo thought that was splendid, and resolved to be worthy of her knight, though he did not come prancing on a charger in gorgeous array.

Taking these things into consideration, while blinking stupidly at Dr. Z, I resolved to retire gracefully, if I must; so, with a valedictory to my boys, a private lecture to Mrs. Waldman, and a fervent wish that I could take off my body and work in my soul, I mournfully ascended to my apartment, and Nurse P. was reported off-duty.

Di wrestled with her knitting as if it were Fate, and she were paying off the grudge she owed

Once Washington had set his sights on independence, his vision was unblinking, and his consistency proved one of his most compelling qualities.

He always possessed an unusual, self-protective capacity to suppress unpleasant memories and keep alive those things that fortified his resolve.

As far as Archbold was concerned, Rockefeller was now in too deep to back out.

once John D. Rockefeller, Sr., set his mind to something, he brought awesome powers of concentration to bear.

John D. Rockefeller drew strength by simplifying reality and strongly believed that excessive reflection upon unpleasant but unalterable events only weakened one's resolve in the face of enemies.

Despite his slow, ponderous style, once he had thoroughly mulled over his plan of action, he had the power of quick decision.

The Premier has advanced too far to recede with safety: he is deeply interested to execute his purpose, if possible. . . . In common life, to retract an error even in the beginning is no easy task. Perseverance confirms us in it and rivets the difficulty. . . . To this we may add that disappointment and opposition inflame the minds of men and attach them still more to their mistakes.

Another boy might have been crestfallen, but Rockefeller was the sort of stubborn person who only grew more determined with rejection.

His tightly compressed lips expressed a fierce determination and a guarded nature.

Do this one thing.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

La sostenía una voluntad de hierro, un gusto maníaco por la perfección y una increíble testarudez»

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Rhett: If you've made up your mind to impale someone, do it with conviction.

I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.

There is but one task for all -- One life for each to give. What stands if Freedom fall? [ For All We Have and Are ]

If you can dream and not make dreams your master

El éxito comienza en la voluntad

Please, body, hold fast until I can complete my final task.- Sango

This is trouble with you. You think you want, you don't think you want–always back and forth. Me, when I want, it is with whole heart. I look at wanted thing with eyes straight on. But you! Neither here nor there. Your looking always crooked, from side of eye. It has no power to hold. So wanted thing, it slip away from you.