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When resolution hath prepar'd the will; It wants no helps to further any ill. - Unattributed Author, Mirror for Magistrates Every tub must stand upon its own bottom. - John Bunyan Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best To damn and perjure all the rest. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. I, canto II, l. 630) All the soul Of man is resolution; which expires Never from valiant men, till their last breath; And then with it, like a flame extinguish'd For want of matter; it does not die, but Rather ceases to live. - George Chapman I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard. - William Lloyd Garrison, Salutatory of the Liberator (vol. I, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1831) I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. - William Lloyd Garrison, Salutatory of the Liberator (vol. I, no. 1, Jan. 1, 1831) Resolves perish into vacancy, that, if executed, might have been noble works. - Henry Giles Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. - Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard (st. 22) Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicate little else than the changeableness of the weather. - Augustus William Hare In truth there is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution. - Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales--Fancy's Show Box Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution. - Robert Herrick, Regression Spoils Resolution For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, But falls still further from its former shore. - Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Home 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 tardily and with a weaker will. - Homer ("Smyrns of Chios"), The Iliad (bk. X, l. 257), (Bryant's translation) A good resolve will make any port. - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. - Abraham Lincoln Resolve, and thou art free. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Masque of Pandora (pt. VI, In the Garden) In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: knowst thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?" - James Russell Lowell, Epigram If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is more necessary still for us in order not to do evil; from which it often results that the most modest life is that where the force of will is most exercised. - Count Louis Mathieu Mole Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. - William Penn Be not too slow in the breaking of a sinful custom; a quick, courageous resolution is better than a gradual deliberation; in such a combat he is the bravest soldier that lays about him without fear or wit. Wit pleads, fear disheartens; he that would kill Hydra had better strike off one neck than five heads: fell the tree, and the branches are soon cut off. - Francis Quarles Never tell your resolution beforehand. - John Selden, Table Talk--Wisdom Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolv'd to effect. - William Shakespeare Experience teacheth us That resolution 's a sole help at need: And this, my lord, our honour teacheth us, That we be bold in every enterprise: Then since there is no way, but fight or die, Be resolute, my lord, for victory. - William Shakespeare For what I will, I will, and there an end. - William Shakespeare Put on The dauntless spirit of resolution. - William Shakespeare Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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