Quotes About Resolve

A man lives on hope. He keeps thinking things will somehow straighten themselves out.

Les Américains ne peuvent supporter l'idée d'un problème sans solution.

a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

Asceticism means that a man resolves to live as a man.

Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)

Prayer had fortified him. It would require an almost superhuman strength of purpose, an absolute resolve, to save my brother from himself.

You are livin'," she says in feigned exasperation. "You just don't see what I see. You got something special. Something you got from your ma. It's a thing. I mean, I wish I had it. It's this thing where you know what it's going to take, and then you get it done. You push yourself and you get there.

Broken to it, I, too may be; bow to it I never will.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for 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 and the ideals to which we are dedicated.

Today we have done what we had to do. If necessary, we shall do it again.

Determination is a champions trait, yet it comes in many forms. To be determined is to be unditered by any one thing, and this is something to be admired.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear.

when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

yes. But within a month of enduring this great thirst

If I was wicked I meant to be wicked to some purpose.

It's been my experience that you nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

I may not be able to do much that I want to do but I won't do another thing that I don't want to do.

If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: 'This is simply what I do.

I made a commitment to myself to try to keep out of trouble. I sincerely believed that this terrible momentum was a thing I could impose my will on, something that could be slowed down.

I know what is wrong. You havn't decided what you want.' She'd underlined this many times. 'Terribly important to draw up a balance sheet every now and then, debits and credits. Decide what's important, what's worth fighting for. Don't drift, ever. Decide then act. If you fail well at least you tried. Don't know what you want so can't advise you how to get it.

screwed her courage to the sticking place