Quotes about Resistance
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
— John Milton
The brazen throat of war.
— John Milton
When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men he does not come on them with great powerful feelings and emotions which cannot be resisted. He does not possess men as evil spirits take possession of their victims.
— John Owen
Don't make peace with the sin in your life.
— John Piper
Know the spirit of the age and consciously resist conformity to it (Romans 12:2). As D. L. Moody said, "The ship belongs in the water of the world, but if the water gets in the ship, it sinks.
— John Piper
The first time the temptation comes, meet it in such a decided manner that it will never be repeated!
— Ellen White
Among earth's inhabitants, scattered in every land, there are those who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear only at night, these faithful ones will shine forth when darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people.
— Ellen White
Why resist the overtures of mercy? Why say, "Let me alone," until God shall be compelled to give you your desire, since you will have it so?
— Ellen White
The real problem has far less to do with what is really out there than it does with our resistance to finding out what is really out there.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't care.
— Clayton M. Christensen
If working remotely is such a great idea, why isn't everyone doing it? I think it's because we've been bred on the idea that work happens from 9 to 5, in offices and cubicles. It's no wonder that most who are employed inside that model haven't considered other options, or resist the idea that it could be any different. But it can.
— Jason Fried
Satan works through human agents.
— Ezra Taft Benson