Quotes About Defiance

Écris, que nul ne ce retienne, que rien ne t'arrête : ni homme, ni imbécile machine capitaliste où les maisons d'édition sont les rusés et obséquieux relais des impératifs d'une économie qui fonctionne contre nous et sur notre dos ; ni toi-même.

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

Black Power, in short, is an attitude, an inward affirmation of the essential worth of blackness. It means that the black man will not be poisoned by the stereotypes that others have of him, but will affirm from the depth of his soul : Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone. 16 And if the white man challenges my humanity, I will impose my whole weight as a man on his life and show him that I am not that `sho good eatin' that he persists in imagining.

Papa's not afraid of anything and I'll bust you in two halves if you say so." He jerked off his cap and hurled it to the ground. Text rolled his eyes until the whites showed. He had never seen Lon angry before, but he wasn't afraid. "Then how come your Paw didn't whup Mister Eben when Mister Eben kicked his dawg about two years ago?

If standing up for yourself burns a bridge. I have matches. We ride at dawn.

Always take a stand for what is right. And If you end up standing alone, then dammit, stand alone.

Whatever negative things people think and say about you. Don't agree to accept what people say; be prepared to silence them by doing what they think you can't do!

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. "Staying silent is a trait of a true coward. You may not win every battle... However, everyone will at least know what you stood up for—YOU.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. "Staying silent is a trait of a true coward. You may not win every battle... However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.

Sometimes I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people." If that makes me a bitch, okay.

You can try to dirty my name, but I will wear your hate like warpaint.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.

My heart no longer feels as if it belongs to me. It now feels as if its been stolen, torn from my chest by someone who wanted no part of it." "I won't let you have it. I won't give you this moment... I own it. .

I won't be a part of letting you destroy me.

Today.... I won't be a part of letting you destroy me.

I can choose not be what everyone is Rather, I choose to be what everyone says I cannot be.

Every broken heart has screamed, Screw You!! at one time or another.

The intellectual imagination! With me all or not at all. NON SERVIAM!

With will will we withstand, withsay.

I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use---silence, exile and cunning.

I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use-- silence, exile, and cunning.

Non servirò ciò in cui non credo più, si chiami questo la casa, la patria o la Chiesa: e tenterò di esprimere me stesso in un qualunque modo di vita o di arte quanto più potrò liberamente e integralmente, adoperando per difendermi le sole armi che mi concedo di usare: il silenzio, l'esilio e l'astuzia.

You have asked me what I would do and what I would not do. I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.