Resist Quotes

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I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best… — Abraham Lincoln
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish, birds, and trees.… — Ram Dass
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. — Brian Tracy
If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle Paul, you will… — Pope Benedict XVI
Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of… — Robert A. Heinlein
In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very early stage that a synthesis of Gandhi's method of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is hard to resist the impression that the present structure of the universe, apparently so sensitive to minor alterations in numbers, has been rather… — Paul Davies
Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's… — Thomas Aquinas
Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to… — Elbridge Gerry
Choice is bondage, choicelessness freedom. The moment you choose something, you have fallen in the trap of the world. If you can resist the temptation… — Rajneesh
There is a contagion in example which few men have sufficient force of mind to resist. — Alexander Hamilton
When Maryam Babangida and Mariam Abacha built the Women Centre and the National Hospital they did not carry the buildings when they left government. I… — Patience Jonathan
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist. — Mae West
Southerners can never resist a losing cause. — Margaret Mitchell
Not even pencil or charcoal is needed. Drawing can also be done with a brush. But drawing is a must, if not, no painting can… — Unknown Author
Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other disciplines… — Hannes Alfven
A caged canary is secure; but it is not free. It is easier for free men to resist terrorism from afar than tyranny from within. — Chuck Baldwin
Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let… — Wilford Woodruff
The external view [of agency] forces itself on us at the same time that we resist it. One way this occurs is through the gradual… — Thomas Nagel

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