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Resolution Quotes - Page 4

Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant.

Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.282

Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.99

We are undoing a pattern... It's the human pattern: we project onto the world a zillion possibilities of attaining resolution.

Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.69, Shambhala Publications

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.253, Oxford University Press on Demand

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

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

Experience teacheth that resolution is a sole help in need.

William Shakespeare (2016). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: All 214 Plays, Sonnets, Poems & Apocryphal Plays (Including the Biography of the Author): Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, The Tempest, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errorsäó_”, p.3472, e-artnow

Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet.

Samuel Rutherford (1845). “The Trial and Triumph of Faith”, p.111