Quotes About Rebellion

There was a hunger in her, and girls were not supposed to be hungry. They were supposed to nibble sparingly when at table, and their minds were supposed to be satisfied with a slim diet too. A few stale lessons from tired governesses, dull walks, unthinking pastimes. But it was not enough. All knowledge – any knowledge – called to Faith, and there was a delicious, poisonous pleasure in stealing it unseen.

Just between you and me,' Mosca whispered, 'radicalism is all about walkin' on the grass.

I want to be a bad example," she said. "I see." Myrtle stirred herself, ready to walk to the prow. "Well, my dear, I think you have made an excellent start.

Was this Faith, the good girl? The girl in the mirror was capable of anything. And she was anything but good, that much could be seen at a glance. I am not good. Something in Faith's head broke free, beating black wings into the sky. Nobody good could feel what I feel. I am wicked and deceitful and full of rage. I cannot be saved. She did not feel hot or helpless any more. She felt the way snakes looked when they moved.

Twig-minx!" it screamed. "scrap-brat!

Why? Nobody cared. With a new and wild intoxication, bolts were yanked from their frames, locks burst, walls cloven. No terrible Locksmith vengeance ensued. The townspeople plunged on with the glee a very young child feels the first time she realizes that her parents are not all-seeing and that plates break very easily.

Francesc Miralles

Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.

I'm not interested in pop art.

Man is a rebel, and a rebel is naturally in confusion. He is in conflict with every other rebel. For a rebel by his very nature is selfish. He is seeking his own good and not the good of others.

Sin is rebellion against God.

Acknowledge that there is a defect in human nature, a built-in waywardness that comes from man's rebellion against God.

Satan is the sower of compromise—leaving a bit of God's truth into the dirty rags of sin. Satan is the commander in deceit, Satan is the ringleader in rebellion against the faithful. Satan is the sly serpent of temptation. Satan is the false hope of security. Satan is the great pretender. Satan is the great spoiler of everything good. And Satan wants to destroy you.

Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.

Rebellion, waywardness, lack of discipline, confusion, and conflict prevent happy relationships within the home. But God is interested in your family, your marriage, your children. He shows us the ideals and the goals for the family.

Every law that God has given has been for man's benefit. If man breaks it, he is not only rebelling against God; he is hurting himself.

By the 1960s the United States had a new ruling class—the teenager!

Sin is a revolt against God.

Don't rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

The Bible teaches that Satan is the author of sin. Sin is the reason we have afflictions, including death. All of our problems and our suffering are a result of man's rebellion against God. But God has provided a rescue in His Son.

The prophets who spoke to their generations for God did not please and conform; they irritated and opposed.

Rock isn't art, it's the way ordinary people talk.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.

Only the good die young.