#resist

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. ↗

— Epictetus

#foolish #nature #pleasures #resist #slave

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#elites #europe #european #european union #impose

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#enemy #every #fancies #far #friend

The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#irresistible #will #you

Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down. ↗

— David McNally

#down #enemy #get #how #knocked

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. ↗

— Bode Miller

#boarding #boarding school #coaches #good #had

Southerners can never resist a losing cause. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#losing #never #resist #southerners

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#away #black #blacks #colleges #doing

We are just interested in dealing with the people we're paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside. ↗

— David Neeleman

#anytime #day #dealing #enough #every

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded. ↗

— David E. Price

#also #arrogance #basic #country #disagree