Resisting Quotes

175 quotes by 151 authors

The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral… — Jeff Cooper
The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be too… — Joseph Story
I kept pushing against the black, though, almost a reflex. I wasn't trying to lift it. I was just resisting. Not allowing it to crush… — Stephenie Meyer
No woman is really an insider in the institutions fathered by masculine consciousness. When we allow ourselves to believe we are, we lose touch with… — Adrienne Rich
Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where oneâ€™s identity can be a liability. But the… — Douglas Rushkoff
Jesus tapped me on the shoulder and said, Bob, why are you resisting me? I said, I'm not resisting you! He said, You gonna follow… — Bob Dylan
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter. — Brian Aldiss
Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Wild rivers are earth's renegades, defying gravity, dancing to their own tunes, resisting the authority of humans, always chipping away, and eventually always winning. — Richard Bangs
Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress? Of what service would… — Patrick Henry
A different image came to me a few weeks ago.The unknown thing to be known appeared to me as some stretch of earth orhard marl,… — Alexander Grothendieck
God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers. — William Penn
The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have. — Pema Chodron
The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others. — Beverly Daniel Tatum
Once the war began, the government could do anything 'necessary' to win it; so it was with the 'final solution of the Jewish problem,' which… — Milton Mayer
I am iron resisting the most enormous magnet there is. — Rumi
The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure… — Alphonsus Liguori
A being without an aim in life, or not possessing the requisite concentration of purpose to assist him in resisting temptation, is like a cork… — Karl G. Maeser
Worthiness, in very simple terms, means I have found a way to let the Energy reach me, the Energy that is natural, reach me. Worthiness,… — Esther Hicks
Defeat I shall not know. It shall not touch me. I will meet it with true thinking. Resisting it will be my strengthening. But if,… — Walter Russell

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