Quotes About Resolve

To know when to quit. Whether to give up--this is often the question facing the gambler. No one is taught the art of walking away. And the anguish of deciding if I should keep playing is hardly unusual. Will I be able to quit honorably? or am I the type who waits stubbornly for something to happen? something like, for instance, the end of the world? or whatever it might be, maybe my own sudden death, in which case my decision to give up would be beside the point.

She kept going: why put it off? Yes, why put it off? she asked herself. And her question was solid, demanding a serious answer.

Preciso perguntar, embora não saiba a quem, se devo mesmo amar aquele que me trucida e perguntar quem de vós me trucida. E minha vida, mais forte do que eu, responde que quer porque quer vingança e responde que devo lutar como quem se afoga, mesmo que eu morra depois. Se assim é, que assim seja.

Such depth of loneliness cannot be understood or communicated but it can be shared…He resolved if he came out alive to devote himself to good and creative works.

Pesimista con la razón, optimista con la voluntad.

I will warm the great outdoors for the whole of January if I can.

Do what has to be done, he thought. Do it quickly and well. You're a professional. Pay the price… whatever it may be. Head

People of the world are not standing by for rhetorics in addressing the problems confronting the world, but for solutions.

Well, you gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?

First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby... I guarantee you.

I know what you're thinking 'Did he fire six shots or only five?

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

Americans have an annoying habit of accomplishing what they set out to do.

Don't cudgel your brains over my little problems.

Je sais très bien, depuis longtemps, que j'ai un cœur déraisonnable, mais, de le savoir, ça ne m'arrête pas du tout.

Like any decent reconaissance agent, he had fought his way into trouble in order to fight his way out

As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin.

As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin. It was like deferring a long-promised letter; the intention lay on the mind so heavily that the simple task seemed progressively to assume almost gigantic proportions.

The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal, while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before

He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it himself.

Fisk would take care of it.

I think, if you're going to kill a man, do it. Don't write him a letter about it. Don't bluster and threaten and put him on his guard.