#resistance

When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#die #i #resistance #stop

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#moment #resistance #temptation #victory

So never give in,” continued the girl, and restated again and again the vague yet convincing plea that the Invisible lodges against the Visible. Her excitement grew as she tried to cut the rope that fastened Leonard to the earth. Woven of bitter experience, it resisted her. Presently the waitress entered and gave her a letter from Margaret. Another note, addressed to Leonard, was inside. They read them, listening to the murmurings of the river. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#letter #resistance #river #water #experience

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. ↗

— Scott Adams

#argue #battles #candy #cents #dinner

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#attempt #awkward #cradle #cure #every

One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance. ↗

— King Albert II

#endangered #fills #imposes #independence #itself

In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#key #resistance #sales

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#commit #despot #developed #developed world #leaders

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. ↗

— Claude M. Bristol

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