Quotes about Resolution

Quarrelling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. (And) There is no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Righ and Wrong are.

The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.

Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom.

We will find out. It will all become clear. Heaven is involved, and heaven never leaves anything in which it is involved unresolved.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the evening. In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day, what you have done and thought, for in these things perhaps you have often offended God and those about you.

How great is the frailty of human nature which is ever prone to evil! Today you confess your sins and tomorrow you again commit the sins which you confessed. One moment you resolve to be careful, and yet after an hour you act as though you had made no resolution.

We never argue anymore. And when we do, it never lasts more than a week or two.

A new heart for a New Year, always!

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

Self-love raises a sickbed vow, and love of sin will prevail against it. Trust not to a passionate resolution; it is raised in a storm and will die in a calm.