#resisted

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#faith #precisely #resisted

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#before #enemy #force #must #resisted

Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits. ↗

— Will Wright

#biggest #camera #feels #freedom #huge

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#doubt #fool #going #greatest #greatest obstacle

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#account #acquired #brought #call #day

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#beyond #catholic #catholic church #church #desirable

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it. ↗

— Anthony Head

#becoming #david #hope #i #idea

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#am #current #current events #events #going

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus. ↗

— Tycho Brahe

#just #resisted

At the time my dog had a fungus on her chest that wouldn't heal and resisted treatment. I made an ointment with our product and it cleared up in two days. She lived to 17 years. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

#cleared #days #dog #fungus #had