Resisted Quotes

130 Resisted quotes by 121 unique authors

At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and… — William Standish Knowles
Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings — Ursula K. Le Guin
Someone had my number and they started text-stalking me. I've never replied to them. It was tempting to write back, but I resisted. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
Obviously, untangling sex from aggression and violence or the threat of it is going to take a very long time. And the process is going… — Gloria Steinem
Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed. — Samuel Johnson
I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay… — Cat Power
One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. — Sophie Swetchine
I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to… — Danny Huston
I resisted being an actor for some time. — Henry Hopper
I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. — Anthony Head
Your body is an absolute mirror of your mind. As you worry, your body shows it. As you love, your body shows it. As you… — Esther Hicks
It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus. — Tycho Brahe
Whatever contradicts the Word of God should be instantly resisted as diabolical. — John Bunyan
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since… — Francis Arinze
What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. — Robert Burns
Our courage is greater to dare a visible than an imagined danger. A visible danger rouses our energies to meet or avert it; a fancied… — Christian Nestell Bovee
You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of… — Pope Francis
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web,… — Tryon Edwards
Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a price on life...… — Ezekiel Emanuel
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are… — Aung San Suu Kyi
I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at… — Bode Miller
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. — Richard M. Nixon
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary… — Joyce Carol Oates
Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted… — Steven Pinker

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