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title: "69 Contending Quotes by 61 authors"
description: "Browse 69 Contending quotes by 61 authors. Discover the best Contending sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/phil-mickelson-22558_contending_i-hate-to-play-a-tournament-in-which-i-m_1775299.png"
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> [I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-mickelson/i-hate-to-play-a-tournament-in-which-i-m-not-contending-it-s-just-not/)

[Phil Mickelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-mickelson/)

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> [I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-thompson/i-don-t-spend-a-lot-of-time-contending-with-the-fact-that-time-is-not/)

[Tessa Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-thompson/)

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> [Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-s-glory-is-to-command-contending-kings-to-unmask-falsehood-and/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [I suppose I have been contending with issues surrounding my safety and security for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luciana-berger/i-suppose-i-have-been-contending-with-issues-surrounding-my-safety/)

[Luciana Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luciana-berger/)

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> [I have been contending all my life, and always with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-steffens/i-have-been-contending-all-my-life-and-always-with-god/)

[Lincoln Steffens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-steffens/)

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> [Pride is self contending with God for preeminence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-charnock/pride-is-self-contending-with-god-for-preeminence/)

[Stephen Charnock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-charnock/)

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> [Macbeth is contending with the realities of this world, Hamlet with those of the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jones-very/macbeth-is-contending-with-the-realities-of-this-world-hamlet-with/)

[Jones Very](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jones-very/)

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> [I'm drawn to failure. I feel that I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/i-m-drawn-to-failure-i-feel-that-i-m-contending-with-it-constantly-in/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chaim-potok/to-the-extent-that-i-come-from-a-deeply-religious-tradition-and-have/)

[Chaim Potok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chaim-potok/)

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> [Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/love-contending-with-friendship-and-self-with-each-generous-impulse/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/certainly-there-is-no-contending-against-the-will-of-god-but-still/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Without needing to be theoretically instructed, consciousness quickly realizes that it is the site of variously contending discourses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seamus-heaney/without-needing-to-be-theoretically-instructed-consciousness-quickly/)

[Seamus Heaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seamus-heaney/)

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> [While we remember that we are contending against brothers and fellow subjects, we must also remember that we are contending in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burgoyne/while-we-remember-that-we-are-contending-against-brothers-and-fellow/)

[John Burgoyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burgoyne/)

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> [Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/our-present-condition-is-legislation-without-law-wisdom-without-a/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mildred-cable/history-more-often-records-the-brilliant-successes-and-spectacular/)

[Mildred Cable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mildred-cable/)

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> [“Roots cannot grow into trees if there are no supernatural elements in the soil. Man cannot grow wealthy and famous if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bassey-johnson/roots-cannot-grow-into-trees-if-there-are-no-supernatural-elements-in/)

[Michael Bassey Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bassey-johnson/)

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> [Plants, in a state of nature, are always warring with one another, contending for the monopoly of the soil,-the stronger ejecting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-dalton-hooker/plants-in-a-state-of-nature-are-always-warring-with-one-another/)

[Joseph Dalton Hooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-dalton-hooker/)

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> [The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-hardwicke/the-truth-is-most-of-those-female-stories-that-are-contending-for/)

[Catherine Hardwicke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-hardwicke/)

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> ['Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle, and makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile... 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/tis-liberty-that-crowns-britannia-s-isle-and-makes-her-barren-rocks/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [Product of a myriad various minds and contending tongues, compact of obscure and minute association, a language has its own abundant and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-pater/product-of-a-myriad-various-minds-and-contending-tongues-compact-of/)

[Walter Pater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-pater/)

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> [Mother of the Sun, Theia of many names, for your sake men honor gold as more powerful than anything else; and through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pindar/mother-of-the-sun-theia-of-many-names-for-your-sake-men-honor-gold-as/)

[Pindar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pindar/)

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> [Fathers who compete hard with their kids are monstrous. The father, for a throw-away victory, is sacrificing the very heart of hischild's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pittman/fathers-who-compete-hard-with-their-kids-are-monstrous-the-father-for/)

[Frank Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pittman/)

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> [If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/if-we-wish-to-be-free-if-we-mean-to-preserve-inviolate-those/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/power-is-the-great-evil-with-which-we-are-contending-we-have-divided/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [One influential philosophical position about the use of probability in science holds that probabilities are objective only if they are based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-sober/one-influential-philosophical-position-about-the-use-of-probability/)

[Elliott Sober](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-sober/)

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> [Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-xii/salvation-and-justice-are-not-to-be-found-in-revolution-but-in/)

[Pope Pius XII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-xii/)

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> [If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/if-we-wish-to-be-free-if-we-mean-to-preserve-inviolate-those-2/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/the-fact-that-a-belief-has-a-good-moral-effect-upon-a-man-is-no/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-fraser-tytler/it-is-not-perhaps-unreasonable-to-conclude-that-a-pure-and-perfect/)

[Alexander Fraser Tytler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-fraser-tytler/)

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> [If we set out with... a scrupulous regard to the Constitution, the government will acquire a spirit and a tone productive of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/if-we-set-out-with-a-scrupulous-regard-to-the-constitution-the/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/neanderthal-man-listened-to-stories-if-one-may-judge-by-the-shape-of-2/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/require-nothing-unreasonable-of-your-officers-and-men-but-see-that/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [“Not even when everything was on top of him, not even when giving everyone what they needed from him at the factory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/not-even-when-everything-was-on-top-of-him-not-even-when-giving/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/i-m-drawn-to-failure-i-feel-like-i-m-contending-with-it-constantly-in/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-must-wrestle-earnestly-in-prayer-like-men-contending-with-a-deadly/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/once-the-command-of-the-air-is-obtained-by-one-of-the-contending/)

[H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/)

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> [I think we are warranted in contending that a society thus constituted, and which may be rendered so admirable an engine of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/i-think-we-are-warranted-in-contending-that-a-society-thus/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/the-poorest-being-that-crawls-on-earth-contending-to-save-itself-from/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [What multitudes, O Lord, do this day join hands with Pelagius in contending for free will and in fighting ... free grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-bradwardine/what-multitudes-o-lord-do-this-day-join-hands-with-pelagius-in/)

[Thomas Bradwardine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-bradwardine/)

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> [If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/if-this-punic-war-was-carried-on-without-any-effusion-of-blood-it-was/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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                        "text": "“Not even when everything was on top of him, not even when giving everyone what they needed from him at the factory and everyone what they needed from him at home—dealing promptly with the suppliers’ screw-ups, with the union’s exactions, with the buyers’ complaints; contending with an uncertain marketplace and all the overseas headaches; attending, on demand, to the importuning of a stuttering child, an independent-minded wife, a putatively retired, easily riled-up father—did it occur to him that this relentlessly impersonal use of himself might one day wear him down. He did not think like that any more than the ground under his feet thought like that. He seemed never to understand or, even in a moment of fatigue, to admit that his limitations were not entirely loathsome and that he was not himself a one-hundred-and-seventy-year-old stone house, its weight borne imperturbably by beams carved of oak—that he was something more transitory and mysterious.”",
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