Resistance Quotes · Page 27

The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese,…

— Noam Chomsky

The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Hoping they'd been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negative experiences into something positive by…

— Erin Gruwell

It is impossible to put into words what we have been through. What happened exceeded our boldest dreams. The Germans fled twice…

— Mordechai Anielewicz

They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

— George Jackson

I don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of…

— Elie Wiesel

My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in…

— Daphne Oz

I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where…

— Steve Martin

When you're looking so hard to get on your path, you're putting up resistance that keeps you from finding it.

— Esther Hicks

Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

— Steven Pressfield

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not…

— Bell Hooks

Russia is now recognized as the center of the global 'mutiny' against global dictatorship of the US and EU. Its generally peaceful…

— Andre Vltchek

Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human…

— Clarence Darrow

Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.

— Steven Pressfield

The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have…

— Honore de Balzac

“We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And…

— Wally Lamb

You don't need to be a fan of wars or militarism to note that heroic action - whether being prepared to be…

— Claire Fox

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.

— Anonymous

If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.

— Donald Miller

Nature always begins by resisting the artist, but he who really takes it seriously does not allow that resistance to put him…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Writing and giving voice to what I am feeling makes me happy. And supporting people in finding their voice, passion, outrage and…

— Eve Ensler

Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get…

— Michael Scott

I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a…

— Thom Mayne

I discovered, to my amazement, that all through history there had been resistance ... and bitter, exaggerated, last-stitch resistance ... to every…

— Isaac Asimov