Quotes About Resistance

The neighbours also came out to see him run [Jer. 20:10]; and, as he ran, some mocked, others threatened, and some cried after him to return; and, among those that did so, there were two that resolved to fetch him back by force. The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable.

still answering, as fast as the destroyer said, Sell Him; I will not, I will not, I will not, I will not; no, not for thousands, thousands, thousands of worlds: thus reckoning, lest I should, in the midst of these assaults, set too low a value on Him;

The old dos not accept the new. Not, at least, the new that never was old.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas." —Victor Hugo

Não é fácil fazer o que é certo quando é mais fácil fazer errado. é necessário ter um carácter forte. (p. 130)

PEOPLE DO NOT NATURALLY RESIST CHANGE; THEY RESIST BEING CHANGED.

Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, identifies this reluctance. He calls it resistance. He writes, "There is a force resisting the beautiful things in the world, and too many of us are giving in.

many people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. They

A melhor maneira de evitar a tentação é preveni-la. (p. 83)

When I'm swimming with the tide, my progress has little to do with the speed and strength of my strokes. It is determined by how fast the tide is moving. Swim with it and you make fast progress. Swim against it and you move very slowly, no matter how hard you work at it.

Former US president Woodrow Wilson said, "If you want to make enemies, change something.

Reason? Justice? The forces that victimized and paralysed him now were those that had created the world. Who was he to contend against them?

It is an old and bitter experience of the human race that when once a gulf-stream of a particular evil has got started, it is always being whipped forward by some new little breeze, or enlarged by some new little stream emptying itself into it. A magnetic power, it seems, in such a gulf-stream of evil, attracts these casual and accidental encouragements.

She still required the dangerous, maddening nerve-quiver of vice to render existence bearable.

I feel like whenever I find the key to happiness, someone changes the lock.

The more you resist change, the more it will be painful for you to accept it.

Ever had the feeling, you attempt and fight hard to take someone off your mind and off your life but each time you're in that person's presence...you just can't help but fall..

He's the most confusing person that I've ever met in my life. He's starting to make me melt just like ice. He's the most exciting person that I know. Why does it hurt me that I know he's gonna go? Why does it hurt me that he's gonna end up leaving? Maybe I need to start believing... He's the one who always keeps me on my toes. What happened to me saying no? Why is it so hard to forget him? Why are these feelings returning? Most importantly, why do I like that they are?

The past is to much to let go, but it's to hard to hold on.

Letting go is the central theme of this life. We can either agree with its great lesson and learn to release our resistance to unwanted moments... or cling and cry, and continue serving a suffering that changes nothing.

Some people do not want to lose you, but don't make way for you to stay.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor