Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Resolution

A resolute man cares nothing about difficulties.Tamil.

Be resolved and the thing is done.Chinese.

Bold resolution is the favorite of Providence.

Every task can be accomplished by a man of resolution.Chinese.

He who refuses to serve either king or prince is possessed of lofty resolution.Chinese.

He who resolves suddenly repents at leisure.

In things that must be it is good to be resolute.

Once resolved, the trouble is over.

Resolution is independent of great age, but without it one lives a hundred years in vain.Chinese.

Set a stout heart to a steep hill-side.Scotch.

Set hard heart against hard hap.

The first thing a scholar does is to establish resolution.Chinese.

With ease a man of worth establishes a family, and what is hard to the true superior man when he resolves.Chinese.

Without resolution a man must make his living by the sweat of his brow.Chinese.