Resists Quotes

86 quotes by 81 authors

Each being in the universe yearns for the free energy necessary for survival and development. Each existence resists extinction. The consequent history of violence in… — Brian Swimme
A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and to subdue all… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions': a rebel. If enough people come to agree… — Aleister Crowley
Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath.Â The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until… — Matt Stone
If, therefore, the Greeks or others say that they are not committed to Peter and to his successors, they necessarily say that they are not… — Pope Boniface VIII
Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them. — Alan Cohen
History resists an ending as surely as nature abhors a vacuum; the narrative of our days is a run-on sentence, every full stop a comma… — Mark Slouka
Reality is what resists. — Bruno Latour
Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when… — Philip Neri
Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change. — W. Edwards Deming
One alters the past to form the future but there is a real significance to the pattern which finally appears, which resists all further change. — James Salter
Cancer can be attacked directly by metabolic enzymes and then be assisted by the enzyme diet programme. The second greatest cancer breakthrough of the 20th… — Benjamin Carson
Sometimes we want to have growth without challenges and to develop strength without any struggle. But growth cannot come by taking the easy way. We… — Paul V. Johnson
The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields. — Nuno Oliveira
So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him. — Florence Scovel Shinn
What is this love that endures decades, passes on sleep, and resists death to give one kiss? Call it agape love, a love that bears… — Max Lucado
We must recognise that duty and morality vary under different circumstances; not that the man who resists evil is doing what is always and in… — Swami Vivekananda
Kind words cost no more than unkind ones . . . and we may scatter the seeds of courtesy and kindliness around us at so… — Jeremy Bentham
I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel. — Theophile Gautier

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