Resolution Quotes - Page 13

• We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Moderation

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “Complete Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated Edition): Fanshawe, The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, The Marble Faun, The Dolliver Romance, Septimius Felton, Grimshawe's Secret and Biography”, p.853, e-artnow

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.

  John Henry Newman

  Giving, Inspire, Religion

  John Henry Newman (1852). “Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education: Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin”, p.296

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to the finish before going ahead with our construction. If you are afraid of war day in day out, what will you do if war eventually comes? First, I said that the East Wind is prevailing over the West Wind and war will not break out, and now I have added these explanations about the situation in case war should break out. Both possibilities have thus been taken into account.

  Mao Zedong

  Peace, War, Taken

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.40, Lulu.com

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.

  Margaret Fuller

  Wisdom, Men, Inquiry

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1874). “Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman”, p.72

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The United States has been very clear that we did have to have some political basis to make clear that that cessation of hostilities was not going to countenance a return to the status quo
  ante. This resolution does that. And now we're going to see who is for peace and who isn't.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Political, United States, Doe

  Condoleezza Rice's remarks at press briefing, August 6, 2006.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't bother with New Year's resolutions if you don't have the discipline to put a plan in place to actually achieve them.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  New Year, Years, Discipline

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Dec 30, 2013

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Attitude, Past, Fire

  19 Copy quote

• I wish to be up and doing. I wish to face each day with resolution and purpose. I wish to use every waking hour to give encouragement, to bless those whose burdens are heavy, to build faith and strength of testimony.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Encouragement, Work, Giving

  "Testimony". Ensign magazine, p. 69, May 1998.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Culture is not created by command. It creates itself, arising spontaneously from the necessities of men and their social cooperative activity. No ruler could ever command men to fashion the first tools, first use fire, invent the telescope and the steam engine, or compose the Iliad. Cultural values do not arise by direction of higher authorities. They cannot be compelled by dictates nor called into life by the resolution of legislative assemblies.

  Rudolf Rocker

  Fashion, Men, Fire

  14 Copy quote

• When it comes to sticking to your resolutions, research has shown that 'action-oriented' resolutions have a better chance of being upheld than 'idea-oriented.' For example, a resolution to lose weight is really only an idea with nothing actionable to do. However, sticking with that goal in mind, you could make the resolution action-oriented by saying 'get up 30 minutes earlier every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and do a 20-minute workout at home before work.' Now you have an actionable path on how to achieve your goal.

  Brett Hoebel

  Friday, Workout, Monday

  4 Copy quote

• It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.

  D. A. Carson

  Jesus, Father, Unqualified

  29 Copy quote

• The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves.

  Richard Rohr

  Levels, Satisfaction, Patient

  "Preparing for Christmas" by Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2012.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Loss, Lunch, Recognition

  Chuck Klosterman (2006). “Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

  23 Copy quote

  Show source

• Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.

  Clayton Christensen

  Thinking, Metrics, Ends

  Harvard Business Review, Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Clayton Christensen, Daniel Goleman (2014). “The HBR’s 10 Must Reads Collection (12 Books) (HBR’s 10 Must Reads)”, p.502, Harvard Business Review Press

  37 Copy quote

  Show source

• [Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the resolution approving the start of ground operations against Saddam Hussein in 1991 - just what you would expect from Ted Kennedy's partner and Michael Dukakis's running mate.

  David S. Broder

  Running, Gun, Men

  4 Copy quote

• I'm old enuf to remember when Dems considered a UN resolution and an actual coalition nothing more than Bushy McHitler going it alone.

  John Nolte

  Politics, Remember, Coalitions

  4 Copy quote

• The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again.

  John Henry Jowett

  Trying, Elements, Defeat

  John Henry Jowett (1916). “The Whole Armour of God”

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions because I don’t think you should have to wait until December to start working on how to change yourself. I think if you’ve got a problem, you need to fix it now.

  Clay Aiken

  New Year, Thinking, Should Have

  4 Copy quote

• The start of the New Year is a perfect time to start a stop doing list and to make this the cornerstone of your New Year resolutions, be it for your company, your family or yourself. It also is a perfect time to clarify your three circles, mirroring at a personal level the three questions... 1) What are you deeply passionate about? 2) What are you are genetically encoded for - what activities do you feel just "made to do"? 3) What makes economic sense - what can you make a living at?

  James C. Collins

  New Year, Business, Years

  "Best new year's resolution? A 'stop doing' list" by James C. Collins, www.jimcollins.com. December 30, 2003.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.

  Donna Karan

  New Year, Yoga, Years

  4 Copy quote

• Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Determination, Giving Up, Fall

  5 Copy quote

• I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm going to give up French Fries," but something like "I'm going to eat three vegetables every day." "I'm going to hug more, kiss more, touch more." "I'm going to listen to more music." They do better when they frame things in the positive. And I think this is just part of human nature.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Giving Up, Kissing, Thinking

  Source: bigthink.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• One of my New Year's resolutions was to interact more with people. That sounds quite technical, but literally face time. Not FaceTime, because that's a thing now, but to be in the room with someone. To turn your phone off. To sit and have dinner and just be there with somebody.

  Tom Hiddleston

  New Year, Phones, Years

  "The Characters Of Tom Hiddleston". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 22, 2015.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't I yearn for the days when a draw across the throat made f**king resolution.

  Al Swearengen

  Kings, Made, Throat

  32 Copy quote

• I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that, you don't really need to have New Year's resolutions.

  Tom Ford

  New Year, Believe, Live Life

  "In V: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's Self Portraits Whilst Wearing Tom Ford" by Danica Lo, www.racked.com. December 23, 2010.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source