Resolution

"Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best To damn and perjure all the rest."

"I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch AND I WILL BE HEARD."

"I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice."

"Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind."

"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."

"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."

"Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution."

"For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will."

"Alas! we make A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step, But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves Look down upon our slumbering acts."

"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."

"Resolve, and thou art free."

"In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee, "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?""

"Never tell your resolution beforehand."

"Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner and outface the brow Of bragging horror: so shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviours from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution."

"And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard."