Contrary Quotes

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Contrary to popular myth, werewolves myth, werewolves are born, not made. No matter how many times they bite someone, that person will not turn, though… — Molly Harper
Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to… — Jerry Bridges
Donâ€™t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental… — Tom Rath
If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
A broken heart is not the same as sadness. Sadness occurs when the heart is stone cold and lifeless. On the contrary, there is an… — Elizabeth Lesser
Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary,… — Rodney Stark
There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk -- in fact, quite the contrary. — Heather King
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness… — Pope Benedict XVI
Your Heavenly Father knows that you will make mistakes. He knows that you will stumble-perhaps many times. This saddens Him, but He loves you. He… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are… — Aristotle
To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel, an… — Denis de Rougemont
The rage for wanting to conclude is one of the most deadly and most fruitless manias to befall humanity. Each religion and each philosophy has… — Gustave Flaubert
Contrary to what our brains are telling us, there's no mystical force that imbues a winner with a streak of luck, nor is there a… — Charles Seife
It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need… — Swami Vivekananda
Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation… — Gerald of Wales
He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which… — John Milton
The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot be owing to… — Edmund Burke
So Republican candidates bash Obamacare and move up in the polls. Given that public opinion remains firmly against the health care law - as it… — Byron York
Something peculiar has happened. As I write, none of the Republican candidates for Senate has become a public embarrassment. On the contrary: For the first… — Matthew Continetti
That conclusion is inescapable, given the well-established evidence that voter-ID laws don't disenfranchise minorities or reduce minority voting, and in many instances enhance it, despite… — Edwin Meese

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