#resist

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it. ↗

— William Odom

#beyond #come #context #decided #deterioration

The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#because #between #cruel #facts #foes

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. ↗

— Patti Smith

#labels #resistant #traditionally

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#habit #melancholy #never #resist #steadily

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#come #idea #invasion #resisted #time

To fly we have to have resistance. ↗

— Maya Lin

#resistance

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#change #first #necessary #resistance #say

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#because #changes #constructive #continent #demand

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#been #i #parties #resistant

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#moment #resistance #temptation #victory