Resolution Quotes - Page 8

• Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly

  William Penn

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.445

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• The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security. ... Israelis must acknowledge that just as Israel's right to exist cannot be denied, neither can Palestine's. The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

  Barack Obama

  Israel, Two, Sides

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• Resolutions require only words. Results take action.

  Tony Robbins

  Action, Results

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• Emotional intelligence in the work that we do, in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, is about equipping young people with the kinds of skills they need to both identify and manage their emotions, to communicate those emotions effectively, and to resolve conflict nonviolently. So it's a whole set of skills and competencies that, for us, fall under the umbrella of emotional intelligence.

  Linda Lantieri

  Fall, Emotional, Skills

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• We found out that the young people who had a substantial number of lessons in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Curriculum ... not only did better in terms of people skills, that they managed their emotions, they were less violent and more caring, but they actually did better on their academic achievement tests.

  Linda Lantieri

  Caring, Skills, Numbers

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• "There's been a quantum leap technologically in our age, but unless there's another quantum leap in human relations, unless we learn to live in a new way towards one another, there will be a catastrophe."

  Albert Einstein

  Peace, Age, Way

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• When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Teaching, Silence, Statistics

  'Lacon' (1820) vol. 1, no. 183

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• True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Peace, Kings

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.55, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.

  George William Curtis

  New Year, Determination, Years

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• I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: "The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair." In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.

  Bertrand Russell

  Baby, Bullying, Anger

  "Education and the Social Order". Book by Bertrand Russell, p. 31, 1932.

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• There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, War, Differences

  Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.141, Three Rivers Press

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• Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

  Jimmy Carter

  Winning, Agreement, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution.

  Evan Thomas

  War, Boys, Dying

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• Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Sports, Determination

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 10, 2014

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• Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, New Year, Years

  In Memoriam canto 106 (1850)

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• You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Peace, People, Negotiation

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.26, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• We're finally learning that it is not an either-or situation ... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very integral to each other.

  Linda Lantieri

  Feelings, Emotion, Situation

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• All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

  Edmund Burke

  Commitment, Government, Political

  "On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies," 22 Mar. 1775

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• Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

  Dean Acheson

  Inspirational, Party, Agree To Disagree

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• May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.

  Joey Lauren Adams

  New Year, Holiday, Blessing

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• A few years ago I switched to an entirely different kind of New Year's resolution. Instead of vowing to improve, I pledge to do a better job of accepting my bad habits - to stop worrying about failing to be the person I used to imagine I could be.

  Mel White

  New Year, Jobs, Years

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• Perhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.

  Horace Walpole

  Real, Fate, Reflection

  Horace Walpole (1822). “Memoires of the Last Ten years of the Reign of George the Second”, p.190

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• Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

  David Shields

  Plot, Narrative, Driven

  David Shields (2010). “Reality Hunger: A Manifesto”, p.128, Penguin UK

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• My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

  Lady Gaga

  New Year, Perseverance, Giving Up

  FaceBook post by Lady Gaga from Jan 01, 2012

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