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• resolute, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Determination, Obstinate, Courses

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2498, Delphi Classics

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• Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Life, War, Acceptance

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.9, Bottom of the Hill

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• Welcome, Disappointment! Thy hand is cold and hard, but it is the hand of a friend. Thy voice is stern and harsh, but it is the voice of a friend. Oh, there is something sublime in calm endurance, something sublime in the resolute, fixed purpose of suffering without complaining, which makes disappointment oftentimes better than success!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Disappointment, Hands, Voice

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.155

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• I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.

  Mindy Grossman

  People, Inspire, Risk

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• If one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of his genius, which are certainly true, he sees not to what extremes, or even insanity, it may lead him; and yet that way, as he grows more resolute and faithful, his road lies.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Depression, Lying, Future

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.272, Penguin

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• Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

  Edmund Wilson

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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• 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

  Fighting, Victory, Needs

  William Shakespeare (1780). “Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays Published in 1778”, p.227

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• A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things.

  George Orwell

  Mind, Duty, Knows

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.34, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

  Mencius

  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

  Confucius, Mencius (1930). “The four books: Confucian Analects, The great learning, The doctrine of the mean, and The works of Mencius. With English notes and translation by James Legge”

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• Spirit is now a very fashionable word: to act with Spirit, to speak with Spirit, means only to act rashly, and to talk indiscreetly. An able man shows his Spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Passion, Mean, Men

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

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• The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.

  George Henry Lewes

  Real, People, Dreamer

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• Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Men, History, House

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• In short, there are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on justice, not on injustice; on public tranquility, not on violence; on freedom, not on enslavement.

  Edmund Ezra Day

  Wise, Truth, Honesty

  "Education for Freedom and Responsibility: Selected Essays".

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• Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Congratulations, Years, America

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• What is important in a leader is a resolute will and determination. A man may be versatile and learned, but if he lacks resoluteness and determination, of what use will he be?

  Yoshida Shoin

  Determination, Men, Leader

  "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. VIII, 1938.

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• There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.

  Thomas Huxley

  Integrity, Believe, Hands

  Thomas Henry Huxley (1908). “Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.1, Library of Alexandria

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• Weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness at the expense of principle; but the resolute will of a strong man scorns such means, and struggles nobly with his foe to achieve great deeds.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Strong, Struggle, Passion

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1857). “Prose Works”, p.152

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• Once the will is resolved, one's spirit is strengthened. Even a peasant's will is hard to deny, but a samurai of resolute will can sway ten thou­sand men.

  Yoshida Shoin

  Men, Samurai, Spirit

  "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. V, 1938.

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• A just society must strive with all its might to right wrongs even if righting wrongs is a highly perilous undertaking. But if it is to survive, a just society must be strong and resolute enough to deal swiftly and relentlessly with those who would mistake its good will for weakness.

  Eric Hoffer

  Strong, Mistake, Weakness

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.

  Walter Scott

  Character, Self, Excellence

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• It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Courage, Bravery, Spirit

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• A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wise, Self, Incentives

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.

  George F. Kennan

  Stubborn, World, Opinion

  "The Vietnam War: An Intimate History". Book by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, September 5, 2017.

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• The harvest of this world is to the resolute, and he that is infirm of purpose is ground betwixt the upper and the nether millstone

  Eric Rucker Eddison

  Purpose, World, Harvest

  Eric Rücker Eddison (1967). “The worm Ouroboros”

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• How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Men

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