We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature
Fire and Water are archetypes, the split sides of consciousness; one aware, the other, not. The two parts of us that desire synthesis, yet resist it: the self and the shadow. But they are also the element of chance, of the random roll of dice.
You have to understand. I am no one special. I am just a single girl. I am five feet two inches tall and I am in-between in every way. But I have a secret. You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist.
You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist
In general, when the imagination is at all noble, it is irresistible, and therefore those who can at all resist it ought to resist it. Be a plain topographer if you possibly can; if Nature meant you to be anything else, she will force you to it; but never try to be a prophet.
In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.
Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.
I ask permission to be like everybody else,like the rest of the world and what's more, like anybody else:I beg you, with all my heart,if we are talking about me, since we are talking about me,please resist blasting the trumpet during my visitand resign yourselves to my quiet absence.
What you resist persist.
I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.
That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.
I have never been able to resist a book about books.
Why resist temptation? There will always be more.
Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.
What you resist will persist; what you befriend, you will transcend.
I have always espoused chastity except when one can no longer resist the temptation.
There is never any peace for those who resist God.