Quotes About Resistance

Le disgustaba morir, y no quería morir más de lo necesario.

He wasn't interested in asking questions, only in finding answers. What's the difference? asked Baedecker. He felt the conversation slipping out of his control, dropping away from him like an aircraft that had reached stall speed. The difference is that Scott took the line of least resistance, said Maggie. Like most people, he found it too uncomfortable to be out in the open, unsheltered by some shadow of authority. So when the questions got too hard, he settled for easy answers.

For some reason it's as difficult, perhaps more difficult, this time. Dying should become easier with practice.

And those who were against the regime felt that music was like a kind of oxygen, because this was the one place where they could really be free. And those musicians who were in favor of the regime were only too proud that such a wonderful institution existed under such a regime.

after some time continually driving them from me, and letting

I made no more resistance to him, but let him do just what he pleased, and as often as he pleased; and thus I finished my own destruction at once, for from this day, being forsaken of my virtue and my modesty, I had nothing of value left to recommend me, either to God's blessing or man's assistance.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act.

There is perhaps no psychological skill more fundamental than resisting impulse. It is the root of all emotional self-control, since all emotions, by their very nature, lead to one or another impulse to act. What shows up in a small way early in life blossoms into a wide range of social and emotional competences as life goes on. The capacity to impose a delay on impulse is at the root of a plethora of efforts, from staying on a diet to pursuing a medical degree.

As distrações mais poderosas são as nossas emoções; qualquer coisa acerca da qual tenhamos sentimentos poderosos atrai a nossa atenção. As pessoas que são mais focadas conseguem resistir a essa atração magnética e manter-se focadas noutra coisa.

My anger was an exciting feeling, and I didn't give it up easily. I was ready to fight.

May 25—So this is how a person can come to despise himself—knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.

As when men to keep from being swept overboard in the storm clutch at each other's hands to resist being torn apart, so our bodies fused a link in the human chain that kept us from being swept into nothing.

Então é assim que uma pessoa chega a se desprezar: sabendo que está fazendo a coisa errada sem conseguir parar

I'm not your friend. I'm your enemy. I'm not going to give up my intelligence without a struggle. I can't go back down into that cave.

So this is how a person can come to despise himself - knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.

Un Jedi temeroso de combatir la injusticia no es un Jedi

Yemen may be a prototype for a chaos nation. It has also, because of its strategic location, turned into a critical battleground in the great rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the modern Middle East. "From now on, we can't speak about [the] Syrian army, Hezbollah, Yemeni army, Iraqi army, and Iranian army," Hezbollah television announced. "We must speak about one resistance axis operating in all theaters.

The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught.

That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.

As parents, we need to send our kids back to 'old-fashioned' outdoor summer camps, which have been on the decline as the demand for sports and academics-based camps has risen. We need to fight budget cuts to public parks programs and resist closures of public swimming pools and playgrounds.

Pondering over your actions is a practical way of helping yourself in the battle against sin.

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.

Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.

I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.