--- title: "Best Contending Quotes" description: "Browse 69 Contending quotes by 61 authors. Discover the best Contending sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/laozi-147_closest_highest-good-is-like-water-because-water_2347442.jpg" --- > [Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/highest-good-is-like-water-because-water-excels-in-benefiting-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/laozi-147_closest_highest-good-is-like-water-because-water_2347442.jpg) > [Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/only-by-contending-with-challenges-that-seem-to-be-beyond-your/) [Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/brian-tracy-216_astronomy_only-by-contending-with-challenges-that_1492323.jpg) > [And I’m drawn to failure. I often write about it, and I’m sympathetic with it, I think, because I feel I’m contending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/and-i-m-drawn-to-failure-i-often-write-about-it-and-i-m-sympathetic/) [Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/joyce-carol-oates-344_contending_and-i-m-drawn-to-failure-i-often-write-a_1148420.png) > [I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-westwood/i-ve-started-to-show-the-consistency-in-majors-i-had-in-regular/) [Lee Westwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-westwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f1/lee-westwood-17042_consistency_i-ve-started-to-show-the-consistency-in_286018.png) > [“Contending must be understood and exercised as an act of mercy toward those who doubt and those who have been deceied, regardless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-armstrong/contending-must-be-understood-and-exercised-as-an-act-of-mercy-toward/) [Aaron Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/aaron-armstrong-106958_compassion_contending-must-be-understood-and-exerci_559020.jpg) > [There is a great deal of quarrelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second wife is against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heber-c-kimball/there-is-a-great-deal-of-quarrelling-in-the-houses-and-contending-for/) [Heber C. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heber-c-kimball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/heber-c-kimball-27785_authority_there-is-a-great-deal-of-quarrelling-in_950984.jpg) > [Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are contending with the wind; so faith takes firmer hold when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/just-as-the-roots-of-trees-take-firmer-hold-when-they-are-contending/) [Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/robert-murray-m-cheyne-9824_adverse_just-as-the-roots-of-trees-take-firmer-h_3197383.png) > [Whether it's watching a $4,000 laptop fall off the conveyor belt at airport security, contending with a software conflict that corrupted your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-rushkoff/whether-it-s-watching-a-4-000-laptop-fall-off-the-conveyor-belt-at/) [Douglas Rushkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-rushkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/douglas-rushkoff-2188_airport-security_whether-it-s-watching-a-4-000-laptop-fal_3192307.png) > [Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-lancaster/many-thousands-of-youth-have-been-deprived-of-the-benefit-of/) [Joseph Lancaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-lancaster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/joseph-lancaster-25428_benefits_many-thousands-of-youth-have-been-depriv_1943417.jpg) > [When God gives a promise, He always tries our faith. Just as the roots of trees take firmer hold when they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/when-god-gives-a-promise-he-always-tries-our-faith-just-as-the-roots/) [Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/robert-murray-m-cheyne-9824_adverse_when-god-gives-a-promise-he-always-tries_2197384.png) > [Christians have an important role to play in contending that no human life is "devoid of value." We can do so through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/christians-have-an-important-role-to-play-in-contending-that-no-human/) [Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/philip-yancey-840_approach_christians-have-an-important-role-to-pla_633778.png) > [We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/we-have-no-government-armed-with-power-capable-of-contending-with-2/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/john-quincy-adams-2098_4th-of-july_we-have-no-government-armed-with-power-c_2198525.png) > [The historian's distortion is more than technical, it is ideological; it is released into a world of contending interest, where any chosen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-historian-s-distortion-is-more-than-technical-it-is-ideological/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/howard-zinn-576_chosen_the-historian-s-distortion-is-more-than_237203.jpg) > [While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/while-we-are-contending-for-our-own-liberty-we-should-be-very/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/george-washington-257_cases_while-we-are-contending-for-our-own-libe_31377.jpg) > [Two weeks ago at the Greater Glory Gathering Virginia Beach, the Lord spoke to me about contending for a greater outpouring of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-bentley/two-weeks-ago-at-the-greater-glory-gathering-virginia-beach-the-lord/) [Todd Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-bentley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/todd-bentley-38944_angel_two-weeks-ago-at-the-greater-glory-gathe_934323.jpg) > [I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-struck-by-the-fact-that-the-more-slowly-trees-grow-at-first-the-2/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/henry-david-thoreau-20_age_i-am-struck-by-the-fact-that-the-more-sl_2892259.jpg) > [A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/a-zeal-for-different-opinions-concerning-religion-concerning/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/james-madison-373_animosity_a-zeal-for-different-opinions-concerning_2731127.jpg) > [There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-l-estrange/there-is-no-contending-with-necessity-and-we-should-be-very-tender/) [Roger L'Estrange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-l-estrange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/roger-l-estrange-11943_censure_there-is-no-contending-with-necessity-an_616242.jpg) > [There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/there-are-flood-and-drought-over-the-eyes-and-in-the-mouth-dead-water/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/t-s-eliot-633_contending_there-are-flood-and-drought-over-the-eye_2493817.png) > [A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/a-people-contending-for-life-and-liberty-are-seldom-disposed-to-look/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/george-washington-257_clash_a-people-contending-for-life-and-liberty_882335.jpg) > [By faith ponder on this, that though thou art no way able in or by thyself to get the conquest over thy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/by-faith-ponder-on-this-that-though-thou-art-no-way-able-in-or-by/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/john-owen-1415_able_by-faith-ponder-on-this-that-though-thou_3119672.png) > [If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-we-are-indeed-contending-for-truth-and-righteousness-let-us-not/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/anonymous-1_brooks_if-we-are-indeed-contending-for-truth-an_1972228.jpg) > [If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dale-owen/if-amid-the-multitude-of-contending-counsel-you-have-hesitated-and/) [Robert Dale Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dale-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/robert-dale-owen-24434_contending_if-amid-the-multitude-of-contending-coun_2749694.jpg) > [Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/two-things-well-considered-would-prevent-many-quarrels-first-to-have/) [Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/charles-caleb-colton-270_contending_two-things-well-considered-would-prevent_2466246.jpg) > [People who have nothing to do always lack time. Perish all those who do not think as we do. Reason is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-ebers/people-who-have-nothing-to-do-always-lack-time-perish-all-those-who/) [Georg Ebers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-ebers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/georg-ebers-45111_cold_people-who-have-nothing-to-do-always-lac_3163742.jpg) > [The true secret of natural goodness lies in the recognition of the contending rights of the Pairs of Opposites; there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dion-fortune/the-true-secret-of-natural-goodness-lies-in-the-recognition-of-the/) [Dion Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dion-fortune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/dion-fortune-13548_balance_the-true-secret-of-natural-goodness-lies_552175.jpg) > [Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. That’s the motive and ultimate purpose of pride—to rob God of legitimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-mahaney/pride-takes-innumerable-forms-but-has-only-one-end-self-glorification/) [C. J. Mahaney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-mahaney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/c-j-mahaney-18178_attempting_pride-takes-innumerable-forms-but-has-on_504931.jpg) > [I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannibal/i-am-not-carrying-on-a-war-of-extermination-against-the-romans-i-am/) [Hannibal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannibal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/hannibal-17849_ancestor_i-am-not-carrying-on-a-war-of-exterminat_666539.png) > [It is true that a great deal of the rhetoric of the new atheism is often just the confessional rote of materialist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-true-that-a-great-deal-of-the-rhetoric-of-the-new-atheism-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/anonymous-1_atheism_it-is-true-that-a-great-deal-of-the-rhet_860894.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contending/#itemlist", "name": "Contending Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Highest good is like water. 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