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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.
What we resist persists.
I can resist everything except temptation.
I could never resist the call of the trail.
To create is to resist; to resist is to create.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
We will oppose and resist tyranny as we will defeat evil.
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
People will resist change when it's done to them, not with them.
Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
I realize the most patriotic thing I could do is resist Donald Trump.
Refuse to be a lazy Christian, and resist a passive, apathetic attitude.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
Those who operate through the Holy Spirit are more equipped to resist temptation.
One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Remember to reach for the stars, and they won't be able to resist flying into your hands!
When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.
Fashion is not about product; it's about an interesting idea that you can't resist buying into.
Resist the temptation to subject yourself only to that which re-affirms what you already think.
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.
Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.
Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that.
The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.
Fear of decision-making is one thing I personally resist, and I'm trying to encourage others to resist as well.
The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist.
All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.
We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.
What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.
I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that.
Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
The core of my work is dedicated not to pleasing women, but to pleasing men. Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.
