Resistance Quotes
The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue.
I have a thick skin, which comes from being a not-really-skinny, dark-skinned Indian woman. I haven’t fit in every place, and so I’m kind of used to resistance.
Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds are evil or who enjoy fighting are defeated without a fight.
The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
Jesus called for nonviolent resistance to Rome and just distribution of land and food. He was crucified because he threatened Roman stability -- not as a sacrifice to God for humanity's sins.
Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.
Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.
We have lived through fear all our lives, and when you have gone through a whole lot of fear, sometimes all you can do is resist the fear, and resistance comes in the form of courage.
The simplest truths often meet the sternest resistance and are slowest in getting general acceptance.
God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.
True Sufism is resistance: spiritual, intellectual, social, cultural, political and economic resistance. It cannot be, for sure, supporting dictators.
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.
Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.
Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.
All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself.
Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.
Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.
States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence - so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only - or well that's excessive - usually, the resistance.
He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.
The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance
Protest is when I say...'I don't agree with something'.... Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place
The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience.
It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.
Be not discouraged. There is a future for you. . . . The resistance encountered now predicates hope. . .
However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.
In science novelty emerges only with difficulty, manifested by resistance, against a background provided by expectation.
Good ideas, as we have seen, are not always well received, especially if there are too many of them.
Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile.
That's exactly how it is in yoga. The places where you have the most resistance are actually the places that are going to be the areas of the greatest liberation.
As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.
I encourage you to be a person who is not afraid of responsibility. In meeting resistance you will build your strength. If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.
Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.
A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.
The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
