Contend Quotes

147 quotes by 131 authors

All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices of all the… — Kevin Powers
Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my… — Mark Twain
All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between… — Bertrand Russell
Let us be banded together as one man; let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints; let us pray with fervour,… — Charles Spurgeon
Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures. — Bill Dedman
Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of rapidly developing nations:… — Mark Shand
If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor little ear -… — Michael Leunig
I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard… — Pat Metheny
We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to contend with; we… — Charles Glover Barkla
Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet - too often must… — Elizabeth Warren
We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information in two poles… — Patricia Sun
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. — George Savile
When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you. — Margaret Cho
Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time. — Elizabeth McGovern
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon
She heard with patience all unto the end, And strove to maister sorrowful assay, Which greater grew, the more she did contend; And almost rent… — Edmund Spenser
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. — Proverb
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the… — Stephen Roberts
If we understand that,Everyone has their own battles to fight,Insecurities to face,Love to contend And Goals to attain,The world would be agentller place — VBOo

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