Quotes About Resolve

If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead. I was developing symptoms. As soon as I sat down and began, I was okay.

Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It's a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day.

The will to victory may be demonstrated in places other than actual battle.

The professional gives an ear to criticism, seeking to learn and grow. But she never forgets that Resistance is using criticism against her on a far more diabolical level. Resistance enlists criticism to reinforce the fifth column of fear already at work inside the artist's head, seeking to break her will and crack her dedication. The professional does not fall for this. Her resolution, before all others, remains: No matter what, I will never let Resistance beat me.

Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop.

Warrior cultures (and warrior leaders) enlist shame, not only as a counter to fear but as a goad to honor. The warrior advancing into battle (or simply resolving to keep up the fight) is more afraid of disgrace in the eyes of his brothers than he is of the spears and lances of the enemy.

There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will. We make up our minds to view ourselves as pros and we do it. Simple as that.

There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will.

The pro keeps coming on. He beats Resistance at its own game by being even more resolute and even more implacable than it is.

Do it or don't do it.

NO MYSTERY There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will. We make up our minds to view ourselves as pros and we do it. Simple as that.

Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don't do it.

There's no mystery to turning pro. It's a decision brought about by an act of will. We make up our minds to view ourselves as pros and we do it. Simple as that.

So if you're paralyzed with fear, it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.

Life is action, Junah. Even choosing not to act, we act. We cannot do otherwise. Therefore act with vigor!

go to sleep content, but my final thought is of Resistance. I will wake up with it tomorrow. Already I am steeling myself.

When you move your material ass to the geographic site of your dream, your peers and potential mentors think at once, This person is serious. She has committed. She has burned the boats. She is one of us.

What will keep us from stopping? Plain old stubbornness.

Be Stubborn Once we commit to action, the worst thing we can do is to stop. What will keep us from stopping? Plain old stubbornness.

When we're stubborn, there's no quit in us. We're mean. We're mulish. We're ornery. We're in till the finish. We will sink our junkyard-dog teeth into Resistance's ass and not let go, no matter how hard he kicks.

the ordeal had been rendered tolerable, now that I could tell myself it was my own idea.

The Band advances to the cadence of the flute, and has no call for retreat. Its code is Stand and Die.

When we commit fully to our calling, we acknowledge the forces of inspiration that we hope to summon to our aid.