You may be whatever you resolve to be.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Personal resolve determines your ultimate potential and identity.
- In plain terms
- You become what you decide to be.
- What can you take from it?
- Your choices shape your destiny.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What limits true resolve?
- How much is choice vs. chance?
Another view
External barriers can limit what one can resolve to achieve.
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Easy, Mr. Pendleton. Easy. Good to have your dander up, but it's discipline that wins the day.
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