#resolution

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. ↗

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. ↗

— David Hare

#else #indicate #like #little #mercury

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#commons #house #looking #march #passed

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#address #carefully #common #confidence #consider

Resolutions are popular because everyone feels they could use a little improvement. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#could #everyone #feels #improvement #little

The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#away #because #discussion #failed #forum

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. ↗

— Cyril Cusack

#am #asked #find #i #i am

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves. ↗

— Peter Yarrow

#move #only #ourselves #peace #planting

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#enough #faults #few #how #mend

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts. ↗