Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them read more

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

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.

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them read more

The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence

And hearts resolved and hands prepared
The blessings they enjoy to guard.

And hearts resolved and hands prepared
The blessings they enjoy to guard.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

For when two
Join in the same adventure, one perceives
Before the other how they ought to read more

For when two
Join in the same adventure, one perceives
Before the other how they ought to act;
While one alone, however prompt, resolves
More tardily and with a weaker will.