Quotes about Resolve

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

When thinking of great faith, we rarely think of great fear. But the Bible shows repeatedly that people of great faith also trembled in their boots as they took that first step in following God's will for their lives. Nevertheless, they took it, trusting Him and then running for Him with everything they had. May we do no less.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

The problem is not primarily external and resolved by learning to behave better. The problem is internal

Supreme resources spring from extreme resolutions. To embark in death is sometimes the means of escaping a shipwreck; and the lid of the coffin becomes a plank of safety.

Ah! indeed he must not be mounted. It does not suit his ideas to be a saddle-horse. Every one has his ambition. 'Draw? Yes. Carry? No.' We must suppose that is what he said to himself.

You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.