Resistance Quotes

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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. — Honore de Balzac
You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he… — Scott Adams
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility… — Alfred Adler
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender,… — Kathryn Bigelow
But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot… — Bono
I'm drawn to the path of least resistance. — Jeff Bridges
There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas. — Abdallah II
You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. — Deborah Bull
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. — Samuel Butler
When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness. — James Allen
Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences… — Noam Chomsky
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. — Maya Angelou
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to… — Susan B. Anthony
Happiness is equal to work minus resistance. — Wolfgang Ostwald
Those who have chosen the path of least resistance in life, who cannot bear to bring themselves to make a stern value-judgment in criticism of… — Kenny Smith
The Work reveals that what you think shouldn't have happened should have happened. It should happened because it did, and no thinking in the world… — Byron Katie
Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt. — Jack Nicklaus
The only reason we stress is something is happening that we decided should not be happening. It is not the circumstance that is the problem.… — Kyle Cease
Blood mixture and the result drop in the racial level is the sole cause of the dying out of old cultures; for men do not… — Adolf Hitler
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi

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