Resist Quotes

889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem… — Donald Rumsfeld
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me. — George Bernard Shaw
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. — Sydney Smith
But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized… — Lysander Spooner
If a jury have not the right to judge between the government and those who disobey its laws, and resist its oppressions, the government is… — Lysander Spooner
The right and the physical power of the people to resist injustice, are really the only securities that any people ever can have for their… — Lysander Spooner
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. — Tacitus
What rights are those that dare not resist for them? — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that… — Emma Thompson
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. — Peter Ustinov
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. — Jules Verne
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. — Leonardo da Vinci
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist. — Andrew Weil
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. — Mae West
There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. But I am smart enough not… — Joss Whedon
Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a… — Ellen G. White
The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist. — Simon Wiesenthal
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation. — Oscar Wilde
I can resist everything except temptation. — Oscar Wilde
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not… — Philip Zimbardo
I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles. — Chris Hardwick
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of… — Hanna Rosin
Resist much, obey little. — Walt Whitman
All truths wait in all things, They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it, They do not need the obstetric forceps of the surgeon,… — Walt Whitman
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one… — George Orwell

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