Quotes About Resolve

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.

Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.

But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out.

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?

When you feel your family is being threatened and hurt, you speak up. And then you put your head down and go back about your business.

I am not threatening, I am promising the full force of our state will be ready and willing to defend our communities.

He who threatens us will find us deaf to his threats. We are willing to listen only to rational arguments.

Direct threats require decisive action.

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.

As threats emerge - from ISIS to Russia to the Iranian nuclear program - we need a president with the resolve to defend our country and not back down.

Threats mean nothing to me.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

Throw me in deep enough, and I sink or swim. I don't care who I fight.

When I throw a punch, I mean it.

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing.

For me, with fighting, I'm not going to have any regrets. I'm throwing down to the very end.

You have to stick to your plan. Throwing everything overboard and inventing something on the spot does not make sense. You will never get that from me.

While 'A Blessed Child' might have been a more tough-minded book had Ullmann thrown a spanner into the works, it's not hard to understand her decision to keep things going.

It is our Party's unshakeable stand to prevent a new war from breaking out on the Korean peninsula and accelerate economic construction in a peaceful environment, thus resolving at an early date the problems related with the people's livelihood.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.