Adverse Quotes

120 quotes by 106 authors

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed.… — Gillian Anderson
There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal… — Picabo Street
Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the… — Booker T. Washington
Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to… — Pat Summitt
Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people… — Richard M. Nixon
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard
There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most… — Charles Spurgeon
Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on. — Wallace D. Wattles
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a… — Frederic Bastiat
The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in… — Michael Faraday
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional objectivity.… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is… — William Crookes
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game — Wilhelm Steinitz
[A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of… — James Madison
I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect… — Thomas Jefferson
The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to… — James Madison
I have come to doubt whether the FDA rules should apply to cannabis. There is no question about its safety. It is one of humanity's… — Lester Grinspoon
To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit of our nation is, with one accord, adverse. — Thomas Jefferson

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