Top 230 Resist Quotes

I can’t resist temptation of any kind.

But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.

I can never resist Ruritanian intrigue: I was once charged with the task of offering the Estonian throne to Prince Edward. Feeling like a Dumas Musketeer on a mission, I did so, but he turned it down.

If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, ‘Maybe I should do a little of that, too.’ That can be tough to resist.

I have always thought of myself as someone for equal rights. I don’t mind being called a feminist, and I get really upset when female celebrities resist the title as if it’s a bad thing, because it’s a very good thing.

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

So is it always nationalist to resist US globalization? The US thinks it is, and wants you to agree; and, moreover, to consider US interests as being universal ones.

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.

The reasoning for our civil-military plan is that lasting success will be when the Afghan government, security forces and people can resist the insurgents and terrorists themselves.

I don’t know how to thank all the people listening to our music. It’s so amazing to come home to my friends who resist conformity, because they’re so happy that I’ve made it.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

People will resist change when it’s done to them, not with them.

I’m usually the kind of person where if someone tells me, ‘Oh my God, you have to watch this show. It’s amazing,’ I kind of want to go against it and not watch it. But for ‘Stranger Things,’ I couldn’t resist. I had to watch it.

I’m the fussiest eater on earth; my husband despairs. I like chicken and pasta, and can’t resist milk chocolate. I figure if you’re going to do something naughty, make it really enjoyable.

Unlike leftover pasta, leftover risotto is viewed by Italians as a gift. Cooks shape it into balls or stuff it with a pinch of stewed meat or cheese. Then they bread and deep-fry the fritters until golden brown, yielding arancini, the indulgent ‘little oranges’ I can never resist.

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet and he just couldn’t resist the dessert.

Whenever I am in Delhi, I gain around 2 kg weight as I eat out almost every day. I am a vegetarian and there are so many options available here that I can barely resist.

The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit.

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.

My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.

Too many girls follow the line of least resistance but a good line is hard to resist.

I love writing essays and articles, so it’s hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.

Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested in seeing how the songs did on their own.

I can never resist the good stuff: salami, pepperoni, you name it. I love it all.

I try to eat on the healthier side, but baked goods are hard to resist. I just love sweet things.

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

Resist the need to be ‘right’ all the time or to always have the last word.

I couldn’t resist painting Orpheus and Charon on the River Styx. There was something strangely intriguing about seeing Orpheus playing his lyre as he is being shuttled across the river.

Unlike some people, my father would try to meet with President-elect Trump because he recognizes that in order to move the agenda of justice, freedom, and equality forward, you can’t just protest and resist. You also have to negotiate as well.

Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn’t resist it.

Where conservative Catholics have the power to resist what seem like false ideas or disastrous innovations they must do so.

The harder they resist us, the tougher will be our response.

The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

I was trying to write new music, but there was nothing I was reacting against. It turned out ‘Worlds’ itself became something for me to to resist.

People resist and fight against things that are new that they haven’t seen before, especially if they make them uncomfortable. But fiction is a safe place to tell these stories and to reach out to people and maybe affect them and make a difference in their lives.

I think it’s so important for us to make art and to be loud and to resist with our art.

I resist life.

Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we’ve strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that’s like, and we resist it – so as not to feel like we’re bad people.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

I just can’t resist lying on a beach, eating great food and shopping.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

Temptation is impossible for me to resist… Come on. This is Hollywood. It’s in the job description.

It’s very easy to unite a party around opposition or wanting to get the White House back. That’s a unifying message, and you’re seeing the Democrats uniting around being the party of ‘no’ and the party of ‘resist.’

Southerners can never resist a losing cause.

We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to perpetrate violence against others. Our safety and security will come when we organize, love, and resist together.

The video aside, ‘P.D.A’ is a song about when you really love somebody, you just can’t resist wanting to show that out in public sometimes.

As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they’re going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.

Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities – to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work.

People don’t like to be nagged. When people nag us, we instantly resist, but when the facts force us in that same direction, we instantly adapt.

I have a natural tendency to resist conformity.

As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.

I decided to work on things that obsess women because women can’t resist things like lace, sequins, animal prints and python.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values – and witnesses.

In many respects a teenage girl’s home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.