Quotes About Resistance

I walked around and saw writing on the walls, like: "There is no God but Bashar," and "Assad, or we'll burn down the country.

But when my sister is arrested and they rape her, I have no problem entering any place in the world with a car strapped with explosives.

I can't." My voice just above a whisper. "I just can't." "Because you won't allow help?" I shut my eyes tight, not answering. "My help?" he asked.

Something touched my shoulder. I started to flinch. Stopped myself. The offer was too good. My cock throbbed in response.

Life will not approve of my escape.

There is no negative energy that resists positive people.

It is b]etter to die on the losing side than to live under communisim.

Should five slaves dictate to a king? If five baboons bark, must the black-maned lion tremble?

If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague.

Ça??m?zdaki genel eziyetçi y?k?c?l?k do?al sevisel ya?ama vurulan amans?z ketlerin sonucudur.

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.

She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her.

people are first depleted by a task in which they eat virtuous foods such as radishes and celery while resisting the temptation to indulge in chocolate and rich cookies. Later, these people will give up earlier than normal when faced with a difficult cognitive task.

people who are simultaneously challenged by a demanding cognitive task and by a temptation are more likely to yield to the temptation.

It is useful to remember, however, that neglecting valid stereotypes inevitably results in suboptimal judgments. Resistance to stereotyping is a laudable moral position, but the simplistic idea that the resistance is costles is wrong. The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is no scientifically defensible.

Ten or fifteen years later, a large gap had opened between those who had resisted temptation and those who had not. The resisters had higher measures of executive control in cognitive tasks, and especially the ability to reallocate their attention effectively.

Irrational is a strong word, which connotes impulsivity, emotionality, and a stubborn resistance to reasonable argument.

Resistance to stereotyping is a laudable moral position, but the simplistic idea that the resistance is costless is wrong. The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is not scientifically defensible.

effort of will or self-control is tiring; if you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around.

If you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around

In another experiment, people are first depleted by a task in which they eat virtuous foods such as radishes and celery while resisting the temptation to indulge in chocolate and rich cookies. Later, these people will give up earlier than normal when faced with a difficult cognitive task.

watercooler conversations that intelligently explore the lessons that can be learned from the past while resisting the lure of hindsight and the illusion of certainty.

I now realize that I habitually fight against a leisurely pace; I resist giving in to slowness.

Opposition is a crucial part of growth and argument paves the way to wisdom.