Withstand Quotes

182 quotes by 159 authors

To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on,… — Alistair Cooke
Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just… — Jack Canfield
As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical… — Major Taylor
I've had moments where I realize my body isn't going to withstand many more seasons, but I am very satisfied with my career and I… — Cat Osterman
If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance… — Edward Snowden
How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults. — Franck Ribery
With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a… — Robert Greene
Even though some down payments are borrowed, it would take a large, and historically most unusual, fall in home prices to wipe out a significant… — Alan Greenspan
It is the courage to be authentic that keeps us strong enough to withstand the heartbreak through which enlightenment can occur. And it is by… — Mark Nepo
Do the people of this landâ€¦desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendmentâ€¦ If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For… — George Sutherland
The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them… — Harold Acton
And the faith that grows out of questioning is stronger than the faith born of blind acceptance. It can withstand the shocks of circumstance. Only… — James Dillet Freeman
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of… — Ammianus Marcellinus
To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
You will not stop. The pain is necessary, especially the pain of hunger. It reassures you that you are strong, can withstand anything, that you… — Marya Hornbacher
And on this earth of ours there are but few souls that can withstand the dominion of the soul that has suffered itself to become… — Maurice Maeterlinck
Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand. — William Makepeace Thackeray
...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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