Contend Quotes

147 quotes by 131 authors

My son Cooper has just turned ten and the sarcasm fairy has already started to take up residence inside his body. Not only am I… — Melissa Rivers
That no generally applicable law of the formulation and development of hybrids has yet been successfully formulated can hardly astonish anyone who is acquainted with… — Gregor Mendel
The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend. — Evagrius Ponticus
I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. — John Tyler
I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness. — Mahatma Gandhi
Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies… — John Donne
A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend… — Lord Byron
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one… — Roger Ebert
I contend that the problem with transsexualism would best be served by morally mandating it out of existence — Janice Raymond
It's also hard for people to contend with the difficult possibility that we are simply overadvanced fungi and bacteria hurtling through a galaxy in cold,… — Douglas Rushkoff
Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it. — C J Cherryh
It is because God is infinitely great and good that his glory is the end of all things; and his good pleasure the highest reason… — Charles Hodge
I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately; they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression… — George Soros
What's this war in the heart of Nature? Why does Nature vie with itself? The Land contend with the Sea? Is there an avenging power… — Terrence Malick
It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. — Heraclitus
It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. — E T A Hoffmann
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form. — Jefferson Davis
The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the education of… — Lilian Whiting
I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve… — Robert Browning
Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. — Robert Herrick

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