Resolute Quotes

• We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Destiny, Faces, Face To Face

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.14, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Determination, Opportunity, Desire

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• If the going is tough and the pressure is on, If the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest.

  Edmund Hillary

  Sight, Hands, Mind

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• It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.

  Winston Churchill

  Leadership, Purpose, Wonderful

  Winston Churchill (1950). “Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948”, London, Cassell

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• Some people are more talented than others. Some are more educationally privileged than others. But we all have the capacity to be great. Greatness comes with recognizing that your potential is limited only by how you choose, how you use your freedom, how resolute you are, in short, by your attitude. And we are all free to choose our attitude.

  Peter Koestenbaum

  Attitude, Greatness, People

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• Confidence is a resolute state of mind by which you believe nothing is impossible.

  John Eliot

  Believe, Achievement, Mind

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• Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

  George S. Patton

  Determination, People, Goal

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• Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.

  Bias of Priene

  Action, Considering

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• Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Life, Strength, Being Strong

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• He who is resolute conquers grief.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Grief, Conquer

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• It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Moving On

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's notes on English history”, Рипол Классик

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• He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Stay Strong, Mold, World

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• Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Simple, Justice, Serious

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• You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter.

  Ralph Bunche

  Hard Work, Persistence, Path

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• An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Able, Spirit

  Lord Chesterfield (2008). “The Modern Chesterfield”, p.246, Wildside Press LLC

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• The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

  Horace

  Courage, Men, Citizens

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 142-44, Carmina, III. 3. 1, 1922.

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• Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory.

  Mao Zedong

  Military, Sacrifice, Winning

  Zedong Mao (1972). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung”, p.182, China Books

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• Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Infinite, Moments, Hours

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• The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Ideas, Accepting

  Bobby Jones (1960). “Golf is My Game”

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• To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

  Robert Southey

  Positive, Mind, Wish

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• When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless and, as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it, and if I found the right words you must remember that I have always earned my living by my pen and by my tongue. It was a nation and race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Heart, Race

  Speech at Westminster Hall, London, 30 Nov. 1954

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• When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Wedding, Race, Sound

  "Dearly Beloved". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1962.

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• The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.

  Gautama Buddha

  Faith, Buddhist, Moving

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