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• Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

  Michel de Montaigne

  Stupidity, Serious, Ass

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• El carácter de un hombre valiente y decidido es no dejarse abatir por la adversidad y no abandonar su puesto.

  Marco Tulio Cicerón

  Motivation, Character, Adversity

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• Un pensamiento claro, un afecto puro, un acto resuelto de una voluntad virtuosa, tienen una dignidad de otro tipo, y muy superior a las acumulaciones de ladrillo y granito y yeso y estuco, por astutamente que se junten.

  William Ellery Channing

  Juntos, ladrillos, dignidad

  William Ellery Channing (1839). "Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838", p.7

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• Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body.

  Mas Oyama

  Strong, Self, Training

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• When I myself had twice or thrice made a resolute resistance unto anger, the like befell me that did the Thebans; who, having once foiled the Lacedaemonians (who before that time had held themselves invincible), never after lost so much as one battle which they fought against them.

  Plutarch

  Anger, Battle, Resistance

  Plutarch (1871). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.37

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• Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.

  Patrick MacGill

  Night, Goal, Monsters

  MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.31, Read Books Ltd

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• From a timid shy girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.

  Anna Dostoyevskaya

  Girl, Struggle, Character

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• When a person is resolute [determined, sold out, dedicated, single-minded] in his faith and recognizes God's Presence everywhere, he is protected from all sides.

  Gloria Copeland

  Sides, Determined, Dedicated

  FaceBook post by Gloria Copeland from Sep 01, 2015

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• Debes ser orgulloso, audaz, agradable, decidido, Y de vez en cuando apuñalar, según la ocasión.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Life, Proud, Now And Then

  "The Plays".

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• Sé sangriento, audaz y decidido; ríete del poder del hombre.

  William Shakespeare

  Hombres, Risas, Apariciones

  "Macbeth" (1606) acto 4, esc. 1, l. 79

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• It is the great glory as well as the great threat of science that everything which is in principle possible can be done if the intention to do it is sufficiently resolute.

  Peter Medawar

  Principles, Done, Glory

  Peter Brian Medawar (1991). “The Threat and the Glory: Reflections on Science and Scientists”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• 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?"

  James Russell Lowell

  Life, Time, Fate

  James Russell Lowell, Charles Eliot Norton (1904). “The poetical works”

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• The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and self-possessed.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Self, Calm

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.9

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• If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side.

  Agnes Repplier

  Church, Sides, Demand

  Agnes Repplier (1904). “Compromises”

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• And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.

  George W. Bush

  President, Action, Ready

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.64, M.E. Sharpe

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• Communists should be the most farsighted, the most self-sacrificing, the most resolute, and the least prejudiced in sizing up situations, and should rely on the majority of the masses and win their support.

  Mao Zedong

  Sacrifice, Winning, Self

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• Nunca he aceptado lo que muchos han tenido a bien decir, a saber, que yo inspiré a la nación. Su voluntad era resuelta e implacable, y como se demostró, inconquistable. Me correspondió a mí expresarla.

  Winston Churchill

  Creatividad, Aceptación, Personas

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• A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

  Jane Austen

  Character, Favour, Might

  Jane Austen (1848). “Northanger Abbey: A Novel”, p.317

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• Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all the advantages without the disagreeables of reputation.

  George Eliot

  Stories, May, Reputation

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.6581, Delphi Classics

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• Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow; work with a stout heart and resolute will.

  Frances Sargent Osgood

  Work, Lying, Heart

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• La no violencia significa un océano de compasión. Significa despojarnos de todo rastro de mala voluntad hacia los demás. No significa abyección ni timidez, ni huir con miedo. Significa, por el contrario, firmeza de ánimo y coraje, un espíritu resuelto.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Ocean, Mean, Compassion

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion”, Clarendon Press

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• On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.

  Whittaker Chambers

  Men, Two, Communism

  Whittaker Chambers (2014). "Witness", p.4, Regnery Publishing.

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• To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more than touching the enemy.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  War, Cutting, Two

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.23, Bottom of the Hill

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• It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Government, Long Ago

  Margaret Thatcher's speech at dinner in honour of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, www.margaretthatcher.org. May 10, 1979.

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• Lyda era una jardinera exuberante, incluso dramática..... Siempre sostenía una lechuga o un manojo de rábanos con aire de resuelta valentía, como si los hubiera disparado ella misma.

  Renata Adler

  Jardín, Aire, Dramático

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