Adverse Quotes

120 quotes by 103 authors

In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited. — Sallust
Digital downloading of music has affected us all in adverse ways. — Wynonna Judd
A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square… — Howard Staunton
Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all… — Criss Jami
To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements. — Vance Havner
A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk. — Benjamin Carson
We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless. — Robert Crippen
The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with no… — James S. Coleman
What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that… — Daley Thompson
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are not contrary to… — Ludwig von Mises
No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic — George Henry Lewes
Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to… — Carol Browner
The real primary diseases of man are such defects as pride, cruelty, hate, self- love, ignorance, instability and greed; and each of these, if considered,… — Edward Bach
The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one… — Noel Gallagher
But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there… — Harvey Fierstein
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however… — John Heywood
The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force. — Thomas Jefferson
For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. — Thomas Mann
I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up. — Groucho Marx

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