He that resists his own evil inclinations obeys God. [ Proverb ]

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. [ Robert Greene ]

'Tis easiest dealing with the firmest mind -
More just when it resists, and, when it yields, more kind. [ Crabbe ]

I admire her who resists; I pity her who succumbs; I hate her who condemns. [ Alfred Bougeart ]

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who is calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering. [ Channing ]

The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering. [ William Ellery Channing ]

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. [ Sir Walter Scott ]