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Quotes About Resolve

All I was responsible to do was share Christ with the person. It's not my job to save him or her. The failure lies in being one who never shares his or her faith with others. Fear of rejection, mistakes, and failure causes people to make the worst mistake of all—that of doing nothing. When you make a mistake, you can resolve never to make another one.
~ John C. Maxwell
Author Napoleon Hill noted, "Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." To develop persistence over the long haul, you have to cultivate inward determination on a continual basis. And if you do, someday your story may be similar to one of these: •Admiral Peary attempted to reach the North Pole seven times before he made it on try number eight.
~ John C. Maxwell
My dad drilled into us kids that if we started something, we would have to finish it. He used to say, "When you made the choice to start, you made the choice to finish. It's not two choices; it's one.
~ John C. Maxwell
The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.
~ John C. Maxwell
GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, EFFORT, AND PATIENCE TO A DIFFICULT TASK OR PROBLEM TODAY.
~ John C. Maxwell
Law of Diminishing Intent, which says, "The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.
~ John C. Maxwell
Any time you make a commitment to something, it will be tested. If something is worth doing, I will commit myself to carrying it through.
~ John C. Maxwell
Motion causes friction. Make the commitment early!
~ John C. Maxwell
If the price is an issue, then realize that there is also a price to be paid for lack of commitment. If you fail to develop proper commitment, what will you forfeit? On the other hand, if you pay the price, what benefit will you gain?
~ John C. Maxwell
While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.
~ John C. Maxwell
people with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems. Just about anybody can see problems.
~ John C. Maxwell
The solution is to develop a bias for action. Don't think, Can I? Instead think, How can I?
~ John C. Maxwell
focus and follow through.
~ John C. Maxwell
1. Cop-outs. People who have no goals and do not commit. 2. Holdouts. People who don't know if they can reach their goals, so they're afraid to commit. 3. Dropouts. People who start toward a goal but quit when the going gets tough. 4. All-outs. People who set goals, commit to them, and pay the price to reach
~ John C. Maxwell
the biggest gap between failure and success is the distance between I should and I did.
~ John C. Maxwell
Motivation helps people who know what commitment they should make . . . to make it! • Motivation helps people who know what habit they should break . . . to break it! • Motivation helps people who know what path they should take . . . to take it!
~ John C. Maxwell
Once you find that idea, start moving forward and act decisively. U.S. admiral William Halsey observed, "All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.
~ John C. Maxwell
She said, "Look me right in the eye, and tell me you don't love me, and I'll go." He stared at her. "Miss, I do not love you." "Don't give me that rot! I'm coming with you, and that's final!" "Daphne, you just said that if I said…" "That doesn't count! I said look me right in the eye! You were staring at my nose!
~ John C. Wright
If the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. But when it unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses.
~ Unknown
I want you but I also want to get over you. Neither is happening.
~ Unknown
Sometimes your mind says No but your heart says Go.
~ Unknown
To have it halfway is harder than not having it at all.
~ Unknown
If it didnt work out the first time, it wont work out the second. Or the third. Or the fourth.
~ Unknown
Ive tried,you havent.im done,ive had it!
~ Unknown