Quotes About Resistance

It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities. Whenever you made a choice, especially one you'd been resisting, it always affected everything else, some in big ways, like a tremor beneath your feet, others in so tiny a shift you hardly noticed a change at all. But it was happening.

No, no, no to Tallyho.

I don't think I like you." "A common reaction," he replied. "I'll win you over. Eventually." She

I sat quiet, silent, angry, refusing to grieve, because it seemed like to do so would be giving everyone what the wanted.

Like that box held the last little piece of what was normal, and I wasn't ready to give it up just yet.

I wonder again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous

You're hot for Quinn." For a moment Amy froze like a bunny in the car headlights. Then she made a rude noise. "Am not. Don't be ridiculous." "Bull. Shit. You want to get busy with him. You want to climb him like a cat on a curtain," Denise said with undisguised relish.

It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history.

Ä°nsan içi boÅŸ isyan saçmal?klar?ndan kaç?nan bir nihiliste dönüÅŸmeden bu koca toplumun kontrollerine nas?l dayanabilir? Daha iyi niyetli baÅŸka dayanma ve özgürce seçme ÅŸekli var m? diye soruyorum.

The worst thing your brain could do is reinterpret your reality into a whole new movie with each new bit of information. That would be exhausting and without benefit. Instead, your brain takes the path of least resistance and instantly interprets your observations to fit your existing worldview. It's just easier.

I understand that it takes patience, but there are also positive signs. H. U. von Balthasar, the theologian who probably has the greatest influence in the Catholic world for the moment, has handed down a very positive verdict on my book. Likewise, K. Lehmann, who is the theologian of the German Bishops' Conference. So I think that your thinking will gradually prevail, even if there is resistance and difficulties for the moment.

In his classic work, The Spiritual Combat, Dom Lorenzo Scupoli wrote: "This war is unavoidable, and you must either fight or die. The obstinacy of your enemies is so fierce that peace and arbitration with them is utterly impossible.

It's exciting. But you can't keep fighting the way things are forever.

For some of us, politics means fighting for our right to exist

Onu bu kadar s?k görmemeye kim bilir kaç kez karar verdim. Katlanabilir miyim hiç buna? Her yeni gün beni ba?tan ç?kar?yor, önceki gün ona gitmeyece?ime ne kadar yemin etsem bo?una; çünkü gün gelip çat?nca, yine kar?? konulmaz bir neden buluyorum ve bir bak?yorum ki yan?nday?m.

No, mi corazón no está tan corrompido. Es débil, demasiado débil... Pero, en esto, ¿no hay corrupción?

You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.

ames ignored it all,though he did mumble to himself once in a while, things like,"Bloody everlasting hell,"and " I'll never touch her again," and once, "God,please," and once more to Anthony directly, "Just take me out and shoot me".

despite his single-minded determination, he forced himself to give her one last opportunity to escape what he could no longer control himself.

I'm gonna tell you honest that I'll shoot you without battin' an eye. I'm sick and tired of you boys thinkin' you can have me just for the askin'. Hell, most of you don't even ask - you just grab. I've had it, do you hear?

Don't make me have to chase after you again, because there's no way in hell you can get away from me, lady.

She was the kind of gal that if she set her sights on a man, he'd be running in the opposite direction real quick.

A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until compelled by beating and curses to put its foot into that dirty puddle.

You don't realize that some part of your brain is spinning out little scenarios of how much worse your future will be if you change. This keeps you from growing into a better and happier existence.