The truth is that most people lack the intellectual ability and courage to resist a popular movement, however pernicious and ill-considered.
... resistance to tyranny is man's highest ideal.
The oppressed have no alternative—for they have no power—but to fight.
We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.
He who cannot resist temptation is not a man. Whoever yields to temptation debases himself with a debasement from which he can never arise.
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance, but a good line is hard to resist.
I am not ready to give up this country without a fight.
At some point in your career, someone is going to tell you, "This stove is hot. Do not touch this stove." And the weird thing is, you'll want to touch it. But resist that urge, man.
Go and tell those who have sent you that we are here by the will of the nation, and that we will not leave save at the point of bayonets.
Honore Gabriel Victor Requiti
People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.
Hold the fort! I am coming!
I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.
You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.
Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist.
Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows.
Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.
Why resist change when it's the main source of your growth?
And do not acquiesce to the unjust …
When we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe.
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No one can legislate love; it cannot be given orders or cajoled into service. Love belongs to itself, deaf to pleading and unmoved by violence. Love is not something you can negotiate. Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Yes, the American people want us to legislate, they want us to insist on furthering their set of values, but they also want us to resist and exercise our oversight powers.
I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.
It must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why Gandhi often said that if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight.
