Resist Quotes

889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge… — Robert Breault
We resist transition not because we can't accept the change, but because we can't accept letting go of that piece of ourselves that we have… — William Bridges
Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled. — Nikki Giovanni
There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not… — Woodrow Wilson
Our generation, like the one before us, must choose. Without the threat of the Cold War, without the pain of economic ruin, without the fresh… — William J. Clinton
The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts. — Karl Abraham
The mistake we have made in our lives is that over and over again we've run into the needful moment and then failed to learn… — Guy Finley
It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, but it is obscenely impossible to be a psychiatrist without at the same… — Antonin Artaud
People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like… — Conor Oberst
I tried to resist his overtures, but he plied me with symphonies, quartets, chamber music, and cantatas. — S. J. Perelman
Yes, great God, these torrents of tears which flow down from my eyes announce thy divine presence in my soul. This heart hitherto so dry,… — Jean Baptiste Massillon
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry. — Edward Sapir
We continue to resist the occupier militarily, culturally and by all means of the resistance. — Muqtada al Sadr
There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are… — Ruth Simmons
That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't… — Mary Wesley
To be a lighthouse, you must be strong enough to resist every kind of storm, to every kind of loneliness and you must have a… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
To live an extraordinary life, you must resist an ordinary approach. — Frank McKinney
Although we know nothing of what an atom is, yet we cannot resist forming some idea of a small particle, which represents it to the… — Michael Faraday
Both morally and practically, segregation is to me a basic injustice. Since I believe it to be so, I must attempt to remove it. There… — Bayard Rustin
Some psychological and sociological conditioning occurs in every man's life and this affects the decisions he makes. But we must resist the modern concept that… — Francis Schaeffer
Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak,… — Xunzi
Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march… — Mahmoud Darwish
Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to… — Billy Collins
I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their… — Rob Bell

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