Resisted Quotes

130 quotes by 121 authors

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. — Saint Augustine
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. — James Branch Cabell
Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. — Deepak Chopra
Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will. — Stephen Ambrose
The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The… — Thomas Jefferson
In 2003, Congress should have resisted the rush to a war of choice with Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent us… — John Garamendi
Amid all the revolutions of the globe, the economy of Nature has been uniform, ... and her laws are the only things that have resisted… — John Playfair
Life consists in the sum of the functions, by which death is resisted. — Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
Whatever we have done in withdrawing from full consciousness of the One Mind, we are doing now. Whatever we are doing will always be within… — Thaddeus Golas
I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have… — Orson Scott Card
You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell. What… — Charles Dickens
You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell; what… — Charles Dickens
I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally. — Marlee Matlin
It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought,… — Alison Krauss
Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board. — Graham Hancock
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
... for centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power. — Dale Spender
I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became… — Achmat Dangor
Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this is so. .… — M. Scott Peck
I resisted using EHRs while an internist in Boston, as I wrote in my blog, â€˜Why Be a Meaningful User.â€™ Over time, however, I found… — David Blumenthal

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