Resisted Quotes

130 quotes by 121 authors

• To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly… — George MacDonald
• Maybe the first time you saw her you were ten. She was standing in the sun scratching her legs. Or tracing letters in the dirt… — Nicole Krauss
• Although she had resisted this knowledge all her life, had lived determinedly in the future focused there by ambition, she understood at last that this… — Dean Koontz
• Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big guy wearing Lycra… — Charlaine Harris
• Don't be too hasty," she warned. "Conserve your strength. If you're too eager to fight the undead, you may find yourselves joining them. Then you'd… — Richelle Mead
• They say you can know a man by his enemies, Dresden." He smiled, and laughter lurked beneath his next words, never quite surfacing. "You defy… — Jim Butcher
• The history of the church has been largely a history of "believers" refusing to believe in the way of the crucified Nazarene and instead giving… — Shane Claiborne
• I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control? — Laurell K. Hamilton
• He has resisted Temptation for Centuries, A stone cold warrior whose frozen heart refuses to thaw- Until Her.. — Tina St. John
• An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
• I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and… — Patrick Rothfuss
• What had happened still seemed implausible. A person was present your entire life, and then one day she disappeared and never came back. It resisted… — Meghan O'Rourke
• I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would...but I just can't." "I don't understand. Why not?" "I'm not allowed to leave home.… — David Eddings
• Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He… — Laurell K. Hamilton
• I resisted the urge to pour mouthwash in my brain. — Devon Monk
• Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school.… — Richard Paul Evans
• Mum said earlier what a lovely dress you’re wearing.” Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. “This?” she said. “But I’ve had this for years.”… — Derek Landy
• The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am,’ to me before I gave him ID.” “It’s a sick world, Eve.” He resisted taking her… — Nora Roberts
• To know Pritkin was to want to kill him, but so far I'd resisted temptation. — Karen Chance
• He had black hair anybody could see was dyed, and even had one long piece wrapped around his head in that way some men did… — Jeaniene Frost

Who Wrote These Resisted Quotes

121 authors contributed a total of 130 Resisted Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Resisted Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Sophie Swetchine
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Samuel Johnson
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Jim Butcher
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Frederick Douglass
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee
• 2 Resisted Quotes by Charles Dickens
• 1 Resisted Quote by William Standish Knowles
• 1 Resisted Quote by William S. Burroughs
• 1 Resisted Quote by William Labov
• 1 Resisted Quote by Will Wright
• 1 Resisted Quote by Walter Wink
• 1 Resisted Quote by Victor Hugo
• 1 Resisted Quote by Veerappa Moily
• 1 Resisted Quote by Unknown Author
• 1 Resisted Quote by Tycho Brahe
• 1 Resisted Quote by Tryon Edwards
• 1 Resisted Quote by Tom Peters
• 1 Resisted Quote by Tina St. John
• 1 Resisted Quote by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Resisted Quote by Thomas a Kempis
• 1 Resisted Quote by Thaddeus Golas
• 1 Resisted Quote by Suman Rai