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Resolution Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because he had not…
- Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and…
- Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency…
- They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions…
- I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,…
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- New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. — James Agate
- Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it,… — Akhenaton
- War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to… — Smedley Butler
- There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must… — Dick Cheney
- Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of their determination fades with time. The important thing is not… — Daisaku Ikeda
- If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a… — William Cowper