481 Quotes About Rebellion

If we neither regard the deeds nor respect the works of God, it leads to rebellion.

Rebellion leads to ruin.

God's government is perfect and just. His moral law is "holy, righteous and good" (Romans 7:12). No one ever has a valid reason to rebel against the government of God. We rebel for only one reason: We were born rebellious. We were born with a perverse inclination to go our own way, to set up our own internal government rather than submit to God.

Most young people have rebellious, anti-authoritarian impulses. They don't like being told what, when, or how to do something. It's ironic, then, that many of these same people embrace a system in which there would be far more regulations, many more bureaucrats micromanaging their lives, and far more rules and restrictions on how things can be done.

Attaining the creative plain of human consciousness entails more than simply rebelling against social norms. In the rebellious stage, a person seeks freedom, but lacks the maturity to understand what they seek. A typical rebel lacks comprehension of the attendant responsibilities that personal liberation requires.

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.

So che, rifiutando a mia volta di accettare un compromesso con i fondamentalisti e con i signori della guerra, o di annacquare le mie denunce nei loro confronti, protrò finire con l'essere annoverata anch'io nel lungo elenco degli afghani che sono morti per la libertà del loro paese. Ma non si può venire a patti con la verità. E non ho paure di una morte prematura, se la mia morte favorirà la cause della giustizia.

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.

Look for the person everyone hates, and love them.