Quotes About Resolve

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes wonderful decisions have to be made. You've got to be willing to make them all.

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise?

If you walk away, don't walk away with something still left in the tank. Then you're wondering like, 'Man, what could I have done?' When I'm done playing, I want to leave it all out on the field.

I once ran away from home because I was upset with my parents! I didn't get farther than a few feet into the woods, where I hid behind a tree. Sometimes you feel like you should just go out and rebel, and then you realize it's not the right thing to do. You've got to stay true to your family.

I don't want to hear the word 'can't.'

The best advice I ever got - and it's the best advice I'd give anybody - is just don't believe the word 'no.' Be persistent. Persevere. Keep going. Never, ever, ever give up.

I don't like this little word 'if.' If we start adding 'if, if, if,' that means I wouldn't conquer anything completely.

I didn't want to be a man of words but of action.

The words 'give up,' 'raise the white flag' do not exist in my vocabulary.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.

I really believe that if you want something bad enough, and you work so hard to get it, and you have it inside, then if you just never stop, it's gonna happen.

I work on the motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way to do it.

I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done.

If you work hard, nothing is impossible.

My only path has always been to work hard.

I will always need to compromise and make choices - you just have to work hard at making the right choice day by day.

If I have to work hard or think hard or just copy somebody else that's doing it better - whatever it takes, I'm going to find that solution. That's the drive that keeps me going.

I just put pressure on myself to work hard.

I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

I have a certain way of thinking where I see something, and I know that I want it and I make up my mind - and that's pretty much all there is to it. It was like, This is what I want to do, and I'm going, and everything's going to work out. I'm going to be an actress. There was no way around it.

I don't think I consciously say, 'What would Olivia Pope do?' but there's a new thread of belief in my own capacity that I think comes from her. She makes it happen. She figures it out. She fixes it.