Resist Quotes

889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors

I think I have fallen in love and I believe the woman in question, though she has not said so, returns my feelings. How can… — Sebastian Faulks
So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for… — Abraham Lincoln
Some decisions are hard, some are easy, but either way it's our choices that matter. Who we chose to align with. What we choose to… — Daisy Whitney
Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist. — Levon Helm
Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present. — Alan Watts
[I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But… — Joseph P. Farrell
I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I'm not a novelist, I'm a writer. — Aleksandar Hemon
Peter Beinart excoriates the doughface liberals who during the Cold War put anti-imperialism before anti-totalitarianism and demanded total moral purity on the part of the… — Rich Lowry
I try to eat on the healthier side, but baked goods are hard to resist. I just love sweet things. — Lindsey Vonn
If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see a little soil,… — Alfred de Musset
Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his… — L. Neil Smith
It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one. — Alexis de Tocqueville
He believed that all people existed behind varying layers of armor which, like the archaeological layers of earth itself, reflected the historical events and turbulence… — Gay Talese
Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. To win over… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist? — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves. — Learned Hand
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. — Honore de Balzac
Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations,… — Matt Groening
No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist. — Mencius
I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation. — Max Lerner
There was scarcely a woman alive, it seemed, who could resist the urge to haul men down onto beds, car seats, kitchen floors, dining-room tables,… — Russell Baker
We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right. — Robert Breault

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