Quotes About Resolve

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

Always do what will cost you the most.

El hecho consumado persuade más que todos los razonamientos; es por eso que no hay nada como la acción directa para arrancar conquistas.

Un homme qui n'a pas pris la résolution de fidélité exclusive à la lumière intérieure installe le mensonge au centre même de l'âme. Les ténèbres intérieures en sont la punition.

He stopped smoking at least once a month. He went through with it like the solid citizen he was: admitted the evils of tobacco, courageously made resolves, laid out plans to check the vice, tapered off his allowance of cigars, and expounded the pleasures of virtuousness to every one he met. He did everything, in fact, except stop smoking.

You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men.

She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the ming of the most resolute of men.

Tut! Tut!' cried Sherlock Holmes. 'You must act, man, or you are lost. Nothing but energy can save you. This is no time for despair.

Never, give in! Never give in! Never, never, never... In nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions or honor and good sense!

Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in.

A mistake isn't a mistake unless it can't be put right.

When they expect you to give up, that's when you should put your foot down and double speed.

I've never understood the "sleep on it" thing. What, have a miserable, sleepless night, brooding on your problem, simply in order to do the thing you were going to do the night before—only now you've delayed by twelve hours. How is that a good idea?

Stop explaining how impossible it is, stop making endless excuses, stop faffing around…and just do it!

But at the same time, my resolve is hardening like lacquer. I'm taking time out, but I'm not giving up. I mean, I'm only in my twenties; am I going to let one setback crush my ambition? No.

People like that, the more you try to threaten them, the more aggressive they get. We need to coax him. Persuade him. Like that story about the man in his cloak - the wind can't blow it off him but the sun makes him take it off of his own accord.

Do not fear for me. Make straight your own path to destiny.

Far-stretching, endless Time Brings forth all hidden things, And buries that which once did shine. The firm resolve falters, the sacred oath is shattered; And let none say, It cannot happen here.

Sister - if all this is true, what could I do or undo?

You chose to live, I chose to die.

Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

tell them I'll do everything. God help us, we will see our triumph—or our fall.

Words scare not him who blenches not at deeds.