Resolution Quotes

521 quotes by 431 authors

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I know what I'm giving up for Lent: my New Year's resolutions. — Henny Youngman
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. — Benjamin Franklin
Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow… — William Shakespeare
My daughter, there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight. — Charles Dickens
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. — Robert Herrick
For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More… — Homer
All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome… — Samuel Smiles
And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard. — Tobias Smollett
We are undoing a pattern... It's the human pattern: we project onto the world a zillion possibilities of attaining resolution. — Pema Chodron
It cannot reasonably be doubted, but a little miss, dressed in a new gown for a dancing-school ball, receives as complete enjoyment as the greatest… — David Hume
Secretary of State Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem-economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as… — Barbara Lee
There are many individual senators, including myself, who have said that, at an appropriate time after disposing of the impeachment matter, that an appropriate censure… — Carl Levin
The picture must be... a revelation, an unexpected and unprecedented resolution of an eternally familiar need. — Mark Rothko
I do believe that there's going to be a pretty strong consensus for a very strong .. censure resolution. — Paul Wellstone
We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to… — Theodore Roosevelt
In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and intertwined with our whole civic and social life… — Theodore Roosevelt
Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no consideration of justice or injustice, humanity or cruelty, nor of… — Niccolo Machiavelli

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