Resisting Quotes

175 quotes by 150 authors

When you're not happy, you need to be strong to change, resisting the temptation of turning back. The weak goes nowhere — Ayrton Senna
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. — Samuel Johnson
There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is satisfaction… — Walter Russell Mead
You can't change anything by fighting or resisting it. You change something by making it obsolete through superior methods. — R. Buckminster Fuller
One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to obtain possession of… — Sigmund Freud
Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with truth. The falseness of a judgment is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We understand nature by resisting it. — Gaston Bachelard
Innovations, free thinking is blowing like a storm; those that stand in front of it, ignorant scholars like you, false scientists, perverse conservatives, obstinate goats,… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
The mind, by its very nature, persistently tries to live forever, resisting age and attempting to give itself a form... . When a person passes… — Yukio Mishima
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By… — Fred Barnes
Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only… — Tom Flynn
I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. — Anthony Head
The fact that I made a special movie with an old-fashioned style - even if it's a mix between with modern and old-fashioned things -… — Michel Hazanavicius
We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves to revolutionary political… — Fred Hampton
Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses. — Leigh Newman
While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny… — Ian Hornak
Appreciate life instead of resisting it. — Judy Tatelbaum
Every day, IRS agents levy liens on homes, bank accounts, and businesses; they confiscate cars, furniture, boats, and other personal property without the constitutional protections… — Jacob G. Hornberger

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