Quotes About Resolve

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.

Of course, if you've made up your mind about it, you'll find an answer to everything.

When I want to get anywhere, I usually do.

M. Van Aldin is an obstinate man," said Poirot drily. "I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Oh no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

I mean that if you are not absolutely sure of a thing, it is so difficult to commit yourself to a definite course of action.

Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet.

It's the Only Thing To Do," he said, obviously speaking in capital letters.

Very difficult, mon ami. But as you know well, difficulties rejoice the heart of Hercule Poirot.

Su fuerza reside en la voluntad, no en su brazo.

But I tell you this—if you try and saddle Fleetwood with this business you'll have me to deal with." "And who exactly are you?" asked Poirot sweetly. Mr. Ferguson got rather red.

Oh well," said Miss Marple, "it's just perseverance, isn't it, that leads to things.

Poirot said gravely: "He is not very rapid, the good Battle. He gets there slowly, but he does get there in the end, madame.

I think, Madame, that your strength is in your will—not in your arm.

How lightly and easily you put the matter aside! Let me tell you that no matter is finished with until Hercule Poirot ceases to concern himself with it!

Fiecare om are un motiv personal ca s? moar?.

Desperate times calls for more than simply desperate measures. It calls for putting one's values aside till the desperation subsides" --Mental Hell, Chapter 3

Keep trying until you have no more chances left.

There comes a time when you swim or sink so I jumped in the drink 'cause I couldn't make myself clear. Maybe I wrote in invisible ink, oh I've tried to think how I could've made it appear.

Some want it to happen. Some wish it would happen. Some make it happen.

I believe fully that if you want to do something, you just go do it. You can sit around, think about it, waiting until things are perfect, wringing your hands, dithering and hesitating and slowly twisting your panties into a perfect little fisherman's knot. Or you can get up off your lazy fucking ass and do something. What's the worst that can happen?

Dedication. The battle we're in requires "the act of devoting all of one's energy, effort, and abilities to a certain task," as the Muhammad Ali Center boasts on its walls. Folks

My innocent request for kend? lessons had brought me a load of unexpected tasks. But I had asked for it, so there was nothing I could do.