Quotes about Resistance
Resistance is the protest of those who hope, and hope is the feast of the people who resist.
— Jurgen Moltmann
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
— Mother Angelica
You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.
— John Eldredge
Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.
— Herman Melville
I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
— Victor Hugo
Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
— Hosea 7:15
The conclusion affirmed by the narrative is that wherever YHWH governs as an alternative to Pharaoh, there the restfulness of YHWH effectively counters the restless anxiety of Pharaoh. In our own contemporary context of the rat race of anxiety, the celebration of Sabbath is an act of both resistance and alternative. It is resistance because it is a visible insistence that our lives are not defined by the production and consumption of commodity goods.
— Walter Brueggemann
Well, everybody does that way, Huck." "Tom, it don't make no difference. I ain't everybody, and I can't stand it. It's awful to be tied up so.
— Mark Twain
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
— St. Jerome
The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it
— Mark Twain
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.
— Ronald Reagan