Resistance

RESIST'ANCE, noun

1. The act of resisting; opposition. resistance is passive, as that of a fixed body which interrupts the passage of a moving body; or active, as in the exertion of force to stop, repel or defeat progress or designs.

2. The quality of not yielding to force or external impression; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as the resistance of a ball which receives the force of another; the resistance of wood to a cutting instrument; the resistance of air to the motion of a cannon ball, or of water to the motion of a ship

SCRIPTURE:

Alma 24:22

• Book of Mormon

And thus without meeting any resistance, they did slay a thousand and five of them; and we know that they are blessed, for they have gone to dwell with their God

QUOTES:

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Mark Twain *

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Thomas Jefferson

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Andre Gide

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

Woodrow Wilson

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. :)

Scott Adams

Resistance is thought transformed into feeling. Change the thought that creates the resistance, and there is no more resistance.

Robert Conklin

PERSONAL DEFINITION:

I think resistance means holding back. When you resist something, you hold it back, or block it in some way.
I think resistance can be good as long as you don't take it as far as stubbornness, because you can resist temptations and fear, but when you start resisting obedience, then that's when you start becoming stubborn and you have less freedom. :)

*Also when you resist something, its not like that thing is going to dissapear, you are just using your agency to choose not to be a part of it. :)