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Resisting Quotes

I have spent my life resisting the desire to end it.

I have spent my life resisting the desire to end it.

Franz Kafka
Desire, Ends, Resisting
"I am a memory come alive: autobiographical writings".

A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from resisting him.

Flannery O'Connor
Devil, Wells, Resisting
Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.163, Macmillan

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Phil McGraw
Pain, Pay, Resisting

Why resist temptation? There will always be more.

Don Herold
Temptation, Resisting Temptation, Tempted
Don Herold (1925). “Bigger & better”

Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing.

Penney Peirce
Willpower, Resisting
Penney Peirce, Michael Bernard Beckwith (2011). “Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

All stress comes from resisting what is.

Oprah Winfrey
Stress, Resisting

Trust me when I tell you, Eaton boy, that resisting is worth doing.

Veronica Roth
Boys, Trust Me, Resisting
Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.10, Harper Collins

Resisting is worth doing.

Veronica Roth
Resisting
Veronica Roth (2014). “Four: A Divergent Collection”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

Freedom comes not from resisting truth, but from applying it.

D. Todd Christofferson
Spiritual, Resisting

Resisting madness is the maddest way of being mad.

Norman O. Brown
Mad, Way, Resisting

We understand nature by resisting it.

Gaston Bachelard
Miscellaneous, Resisting
Gaston Bachelard (2002). “The formation of the scientific mind”, Clinamen Press Ltd.

There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.

Lysander Spooner
Criminals, Injustice, Resisting
Lysander Spooner (1850). “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves”, p.36

resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe.

Monica Furlong
Self, Whole, Resisting
Monica Furlong (1986). “Genuine fake: a biography of Alan Watts”, Vintage

I'm always resisting [my muse]. I'm resisting her power.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Muse, Resisting

Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity

John Green
Stupid, Simplicity, Resisting

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