Resolution

Resolution is the state of being resolute, having a strong will, determination. Quotes Videlicit,That each man swore to do his bestTo damn and perjure all the rest. Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I (1663-64), Canto II, line 630. 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, Volume I. No. 1. (1 January 1831). I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. William Lloyd Garrison, Salutatory of the Liberator, Volume I. No. 1. (1 January 1831). Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 22, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 668-69. You may be whatever you resolve to be. Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. I cannot, never accomplished anything: I will try, has wrought wonders. Joel Hawes, as quoted in "Thoughts on the Business of Life" at forbes.com. 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 (1842), Fancy's Show Box. Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on;Back-turning slackens resolution. Robert Herrick, Regression Spoils Resolution, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 668-69. For when twoJoin in the same adventure, one perceivesBefore the other how they ought to act;While one alone, however prompt, resolvesMore tardily and with a weaker will. Homer, The Iliad, Book X, line 257, Bryant's translation. Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Venetian Bracelet (1829) 'A History of the Lyre' What mockeries are our most firm resolves !To will is ours, but not to execute.We map our future like some unknown coast,And say, "Here is an harbour, here a rock —The one we will attain, the other shun :"And we do neither. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill (or The Two Brides) (1838), Vol. I Chapter 13 Resolve, and thou art free. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Masque of Pandora (1875), Part VI : In the Garden. In life's small things be resolute and greatTo keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when FateThy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee,"I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?" James Russell Lowell, Epigram, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 668-69. Never tell your resolution beforehand. John Selden, Table Talk, Wisdom, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 668-69. Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire;Threaten the threat'ner and outface the browOf bragging horror: so shall inferior eyes,That borrow their behaviours from the great,Grow great by your example and put onThe dauntless spirit of resolution. William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act V, scene 1, line 48. And hearts resolved and hands preparedThe blessings they enjoy to guard. Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Ode to Leven Water, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 668-69. External links resolution Category:Emotions