Quotes about Resistance
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
— Victor Hugo
What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.
— Albert Camus
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
— Thomas a Kempis
Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.
— Mother Angelica
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
My parents taught me to react quickly when temptation comes and to say 'No!' instantly and emphatically. I recommend that same counsel to you. Avoid temptations.
— Joseph Wirthlin
In South Africa in 1987, apartheid was still going strong. Some of the most brutal race laws had been relaxed, but they hadn't yet been repealed. There was still a lot of tension.
— John Kani
No man-made system is perfect, and the system of oppression is no exception. It is subject to fatigue, to cracks, which you are the likelier to discover the longer your term.
— Joseph Brodsky
I spoke to ears that refused to hear.
— Ronald Reagan
How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?
— Leonard Ravenhill
You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
— CS Lewis
We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.
— CS Lewis