Quotes about Resolution

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

H]aving early had strong reason to believe that things were not likely to be arranged for her peculiar satisfaction, she wasted no time in astonishment and annoyance at that fact. And she had already come to take life very much as a comedy in which she had a proud, nay, a generous resolution not to act the mean or treacherous part.

Rome has spoken; the case is closed.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The argument is at an end.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

There come times when we have to fight for peace.

You're afraid of feelings the way you're afraid of food: you're afraid that once you start, you may never stop. But the truth is, feelings are only out of control when they're not handed over for divine resolution. Given to Divine Mind, they're lifted to divine right order—where they will be appropriately felt and then appropriately dissolved. So too shall it be with food appetites, for they are mere reflections of your turmoil or peace.

As in other departments of science, so in politics, the compound should always be resolved into the simple elements or least parts of the whole.

Every tragedy falls into two parts, — Complication and Unravelling or Denouement.

He has a gentle voice and a quiet manner, but behind his twinkling blue eyes there lurks a capacity for furious wrath and implacable resolution, the more dangerous because they are held in leash.