Resisting Quotes

175 quotes by 150 authors

The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should… — Winston Churchill
Definition of inertia: 'The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it… — Isaac Newton
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than… — Saint Basil
Life just turns deliciously quirky when you stop resisting yourself and, instead, honor the intuition that tugs at you like a puppy on a leash… — Tama J. Kieves
I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or… — Harry S. Truman
No man has a right to disturb the public peace, by personally resisting the execution of a law however bad. He ought to acquiesce, using… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart. — Jennifer Garner
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped.… — Ismail Haniyeh
A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life. — Thomas Hobbes
The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right… — Thomas Huxley
When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's… — Joyce Meyer
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller… — Michelle Obama
The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies… — Tariq Ramadan
We will not stop resisting the occupation until liberation or martyrdom. — Muqtada al Sadr
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever… — Lysander Spooner
There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice. — Lysander Spooner
We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth. — Charles Stanley
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. — Oscar Wilde
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds. — Zig Ziglar
Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. -… — Mahatma Gandhi

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