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Eventually I learned to reject this advice. Somehow, I figured out that it was easier for me to resist certain temptations by never giving in to them. — Gretchen Rubin

Persist and resist". Persist in your efforts. Resist giving into distraction, discouragement, and disorder. - Epictetus — Ryan Holiday

Souls from the same star find it impossible to resist dancing to the tune of inevitability. — T.F. Hodge

It's always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it. — Randy Alcorn

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life. — Stephen Daldry

Why resist change when it's the main source of your growth? — Robin Sharma

But I find myself unable to resist the temptation. The same way you can't resist watching me whenever we're out. So territorial. — Sarah J. Maas

Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else. — Hermann Hesse

In this country shadings of class resist time longer than differentials in age — Julian Barnes

What you resist, persists. Until you deal with your feelings, you will be stuck with them. — Kenneth H. Blanchard

Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation. — Jeanette Winterson

Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good. — Eliphas Levi

Resist the temptation to see yourself as a victim. — James C. Dobson

The pig had been killed because spirits, like people, cannot resist the smell of cooking pig. — Peter Matthiessen

(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience. — Dennis McFadden

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers. — Martin Luther King Jr.

What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none. — Anne Rice

Though I'm tempted by the call of the sea, I resist.
It can't claim me.
In a way I'm stronger than the waves and I feel good about that. — Darren Shan

We must resist in-group thinking and practice seeing every soul as a brother or sister in a larger grouping of humans on earth. — Bryant McGill

I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I'm not a novelist, I'm a writer. — Aleksandar Hemon

Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves. — Taylor Caldwell

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. — James Mill

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story. — Rob Bell

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. — Charles Bukowski

The thing you resist is the thing you need to hear the most. — Robert Anthony

Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters. — Janet Reno

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that. — Kate Beckinsale

It's getting harder," his breath caressed my cheek.
"What is?" I asked.
"To resist you," his fingers flexed against me. — Micalea Smeltzer

If a branch is too rigid, it will break. Resist, and you will perish. Know how to yield, and you will survive. — Liezi

I could never resist the temptation of having a look at something that doesn't exist. — Andrzej Sapkowski

When you resist doing what you know needs done, it is difficult. Find a mental way to enjoy it, and just do it, and it is easy. — Joe Vitale

I always had to resist the urge to go to him like a wife, as if we'd already been a couple for a hundred thousand lifetimes. — Miranda July

To resist the urge to kick my grandma I grabbed a roll, ripped it in half, and proceeded to slather it with butter. — Micalea Smeltzer

Be confident in who you are, Cherry Blossom. Confidence and an understanding of who you are is an alluring combination men won't be able to resist. — Red Phoenix

Don't resist! Open the door when love comes knocking. — Marty Rubin

You'll all just have to accept that Wyatt Hammer kisses me like it's the only thing he wants to do in the whole world, and I couldn't resist him. — Lauren Blakely

Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time. — Viktor E. Frankl

You resist my words because of your own insecurities and the fear that right now you could be the God that you truly are. — Jamila Hammad

He fights for his life but still remains everybody's friend. He "knows" whom to corrupt, whom to avoid, whose compassion to arouse, whom to resist. — Primo Levi

To resist and subdue Nature is to make for one's self a personal and imperishable life: it is to break free from the vicissitudes of Life and Death. — Aleister Crowley

I couldn't resist another grin. "So ... is there a family discount?"
"Hell, no. Nash is paying full price. Plus tip. — Rachel Vincent

Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power. — Yoshimi Ishikawa

It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle. — Seth Godin

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil. — Nazr Mohammed

I asked him if he wanted to play music but he refused. He said that the only thing he wanted to hear was the pleasure of my moans. — Shanora Williams

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

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

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. — Stewart Alsop

I like what Wallace Stevens said: "Poetry must almost successfully resist intelligence." I just change the word "poetry" to "my photographs". — Keith Carter

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. — Stanley Schmidt

I resist change even as I call for it. — Mason Cooley

Your level is above the reach of the devil ... Keep it in mind; as long as you are in the light of God, you bind him (the devil) tight! — Israelmore Ayivor

People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must. — Immanuel Wallerstein

Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys. — J.M. Barrie

To resist is to break free.
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

The challenge of this age is to resist and conquer in each of our own beings the racist brainwashing that is still active in our minds. — Wyatt Tee Walker

Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge. — Stefan Molyneux

Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. — Ovid

Everyone says "i will never" and "one should never" but, actually, "No one can Resist Miss-using Power (at-least ones) when they have it". — Honeya

Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil. — Edward Dahlberg

All truths wait in all things,/They neither hasten their own delivery nor resist it — Walt Whitman

Travel in the direction of what you resist. On the way, you will meet a
version of yourself who has been seeking you. — Gina Greenlee

Unbidden, Unwelcome, Yet unable to resist, I entered a stranger's life — Joyce Carol Oates

Learn to resist but do not be un-moveable in your resistance. Resist like the water. — Bryant McGill

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent. — Stephanie Perkins

I resist any thing better than my own diversity, Breathe the air but leave plenty after me, And am not stuck up, and am in my place. — Walt Whitman

No one need fear to listen to the voice of God unless he has already made up his mind to resist it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably. — David Platt

When one is experiencing failure, it is hard to resist the comfort of paranoia. — Thomas M. Disch

No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius. — Stephen Hawking

Most TV programs are aimed at destruction. We need to resist this by establishing the truth of God on air. — Sunday Adelaja

Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the ... heart and spirit of men who resist power? — Woodrow Wilson

One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. — Victor Hugo

He looked up at me with angelic eyes. "Doing what?"
"You know what. You're luring me in. You know I can't resist- — Richelle Mead

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations. — Calvin Coolidge

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. — Ben Carson

Of course they danced together; how could Callum resist dancing with a real live woman instead of a cardboard cut-out? — Liane Moriarty

We cannot resist change, but we can choose the direction of change. — Kennon Callahan

Success cannot resist the temptation of consistency and persistence. — Noel DeJesus

Mr. Asher, you can resist who you are for only so long. Finally, you just decide to go with fate. — Christopher Moore

I am sentimental and a romantic no matter how hard I try to resist those urges. — Sara Quin

As for the sport, even there Kasparov couldn't resist a sideswipe. Most of the gold in Sochi will go to Switzerland, but into secret bank accounts. — Anonymous

Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy. — Timothy Snyder

When you love, especially with your heart, it comes upon you so fast, you don't have time to resist. — Jennifer Ashley

To those who accept everything, happiness. To those who resist everything, glory. — Mizuo Shinonome

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you. — Gustave Flaubert

Snarl had infiltrated my subconscious. The dream was obviously a sign: he was too enticing to resist. — Rachel Cohn

We should resist the temptation to identify our religious convictions with the platform of a party or the platitudes of favored politicians. — Ralph E. Reed Jr.

I have switched on this modern laptop machine. And I have told myself that I must resist the temptation to start playing solitaire upon it. — Margaret Drabble

Those that are in the state of widowhood must resist the temptations of their youth. — Nancy B. Brewer

It was what she imagined doing heroin would be like: terrible for you but impossible to resist. — Libby Schmais

Lany couldn't resist his appearance and stared at him from head to toe. — Pet Torres

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power. — Walter Raleigh

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power. — Samuel Johnson

I resist the urge to pump my fist. I'm not sure why, but I feel like I've just won some sort of competition worthy of headlines. — M. Leighton

Resist the dimples. Do not look at the dimples. They are defects. Shit, must ignore the dents. — Donna Augustine

For who could resist a woman who could fall from being queen to commoner and yet still carry herself as if greatness was within? — Philippa Gregory

People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo ... — Jennifer James

You know what, I am not gonna lie, that Taylor Swift 'Trouble' song? I can't resist that song. Her melodies are very catchy. — Jacob Artist

I will dance and resist and dance and persist and dance. This heartbeat is louder than death. — Suheir Hammad