“My experience is that the absence of firm prior resolve results in regular rationalization.”
“A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.”
“The infidelity of the Gentile world, and that more especially of men of rank and learning in it, is resolved into a principle which, in my judgment, will account for the inefficacy of any argument, or any evidence whatever, viz. contempt prior to examination.”
“My prior experience with young men was to hear them swear 'Christ almighty in the craphouse!' at any dress with too many buttons.”
“It was like watching an angsty hormone-fueled train wreck and firmly cemented my resolve to be at least twenty-five before I considered getting hitched.”
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.”