Contend Quotes

147 quotes by 131 authors

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse… — Charles Trevelyan
I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of… — Ayelet Waldman
I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play. — Lee Westwood
Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences… — Mao Zedong
Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. — Mao Zedong
The 'looking forward' so prevalent in the late 1990s was bound to end once the new millennium began. Like some others of that era, I… — Douglas Rushkoff
Junior was eleven. The statement is significant. There are a few peevish people in the world who believe that all eleven-year-old boys ought to be… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment of an attachment,… — Jane Austen
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift… — Winston Churchill
There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents. — David Sedaris
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian… — Lionel Shriver
That was the sort of everyday love I had to learn to contend with: if you grow up with it, it's hard to think you'll… — Colum McCann
There are some authors who contend that meanings and values are "nothing but defense mechanisms, reaction formations and sublimations." But as for myself, I would… — Viktor E. Frankl
Humans â€” who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals â€” have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A… — Carl Sagan
I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other. — Gary Shteyngart
Oh, the stoop of the Redeemer's amazing love! Let us, henceforth, contend how low we can go side by side with Him, but remember when… — Charles Spurgeon
Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here… — William Shakespeare
I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a… — Christopher Paolini
This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it… — Laura Ingalls Wilder

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