Resist Quotes
889 Resist quotes by 698 unique authors
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The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America.…
— Danny Glover
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Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Without love you can only resist, without feeling you can't exist.
— Melissa Ferrick
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A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her…
— Julie B. Beck
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We decide what we will make of each and every situation. We decide whether we’ll break or whether we’ll resist.
— Ryan Holiday
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One of the greatest challenges I've faced as a mother-especially in these anxious, winner-takes-all times-is the need to resist the urge to accept someone else's…
— Katrina Kenison
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No matter how Palestinians resist, they are shot, beaten, arrested, tortured, bombed, segregated, and collectively punished. The problem isn't the mode of Palestinian resistance, it…
— Remi Kanazi
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Our society’s failure to recognize and care for the social and emotional well-being of our boys contributes to a nation of young men who navigate…
— Jennifer Siebel Newsom
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I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way.…
— Kenneth Branagh
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Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour [the minimum wage in 1996] are hard to resist. Fortunately, such families…
— Tom DeLay
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If you insist, how can I resist?
— Toni Gonzaga
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I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if…
— Edward Abbey
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And if a minister shall usurp the supreme and absolute govern ment of America, and set up his instructions as laws in the colonies, and…
— Samuel Adams
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And never resist a perfect moment.
— Terry Pratchett
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Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle…
— Allan Bloom
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The candle flame is too hot. It flickers and dances in the over-warm breeze, a breeze that brings no respite from the heat. Soft gossamer…
— E. L. James
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As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the…
— Vaclav Havel
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Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I have learned or read. Since then, I have acquired…
— Emanuel Lasker
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The only way to resist colonialism is through education.
— Tariq Ramadan
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It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to…
— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be considerate in every…
— Grenville Kleiser
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I discovered an astonishing truth: God is attracted to weakness. He cannot resist those who humbly and honestly admit how desperately they need him.
— Jim Cymbala
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Sometimes I wish I was a beautiful machine so I could resist your kiss and not cry when you're mean.
— Lana Del Rey
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No one enjoys feeling weak, whether it is emotionally, spiritually or physically. There is something within the human spirit that wants to resist the thought…
— Charles Stanley
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The progressive agenda is actually legitimated by the incomprehension and anger it elicits: If the people do not resent and resist what is being done…
— George Will
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