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It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live… — Ricky Gervais
Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit… — Daniel Handler
Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage. — Joan D. Chittister
You become a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most… — Michael Bloomberg
Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something… — Bob Geldof
The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change… — Karl Barth
Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there,… — Maria Shriver
The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
History is full of delightful reversals, where the opposite of what one predicts comes true. — Edmund Snow Carpenter
Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.… — William James
Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela
The opposite of an idealist is too often a man without love. — Albert Camus
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. — Unknown Author
We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most… — Mary Parker Follett
Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned… — Jesse Jackson
The human race in the course of time has taken the liberty of softening and softening Christianity until at last we have contrived to make… — Soren Kierkegaard
Convulsions in nature, disorders, prodigies, miracles, though the most opposite of the plan of a wise superintendent, impress mankind with the strongest sentiments of religion. — David Hume
Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them. — William James
Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views. — Mahatma Gandhi
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But… — Paul Dirac
Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. — Ben Elton
Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they… — Michael Shurtleff
Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it. — Michael Shurtleff

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