Resist Quotes

889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors

It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you… — Peter Mullan
Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the same. Only wisdom… — Liu Bei
This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the mind, to place… — Swami Vivekananda
We pledge to you in our name... that we will resist the invaders. — Saddam Hussein
Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the… — Ronald Reagan
Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we… — Edward Zwick
Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will… — Edward Dahlberg
My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil… — Thomas a Kempis
Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get… — Bob Uecker
No one need fear to listen to the voice of God unless he has already made up his mind to resist it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Successfully functioning in a society with diverse values, traditions and lifestyles requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions rather than be captive… — Robert Kegan
God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist… — Vincent de Paul
Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness — Eckhart Tolle
When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction. — J M Coetzee
Self-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved. — Emile M. Cioran
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium,… — Adrienne Rich
Armed people are free. No state can control those who have the machinery and the will to resist, no mob can take their liberty and… — L. Neil Smith
I ask you and all the leaders of the world: Would you act differently, would you keep silent and do nothing if you were in… — Miriam Makeba
A person who knows all that is good and all that is true---as much as can be known---but does not resist evils, knows nothing. — Emanuel Swedenborg
We have lived through fear all our lives, and when you have gone through a whole lot of fear, sometimes all you can do is… — Leymah Gbowee
Rumors are nearly as old as human history, but with the rise of the Internet, they have become ubiquitous. In fact we are now awash… — Cass Sunstein
Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act, or, alternatively, to… — Harriet Lerner
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. — Horace Mann

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