Opposites Quotes

1717 Opposites quotes by 1276 unique authors

The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry. — Peter Kreeft
Everything is known through its opposite. — Dane Rudhyar
Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions. — Pico Iyer
I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive. — Cyndi Lee
When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind. — C.S. Lewis
There is no quality that we respond to in another that we lack. It might be hidden behind some bad behavior or an old, outdated… — Debbie Ford
He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs… — Rainbow Rowell
It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest. — Douglas Wilson
As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South… — Benjamin Disraeli
We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship. — Hulk Hogan
In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite. — Hugh Dancy
I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite… — Benedict Cumberbatch
The opposite of Taking A Risk is of course Playing It Safe. You must admit though, Playing It Safe is a pretty dull way to… — Bob Proctor
There is a sad tendency in our world today for persons to cut one another down. Did you ever realize that it does not take… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Grief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't mean it doesn't rip your heart out....In great grief, there's an incredible… — Adyashanti
Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion. To declare that “everybody is white” or “everybody… — Ayn Rand
In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with our experience, whatever… — Pema Chodron
Anger cannot be overcome by anger. If someone is angry with you, and you show anger in return, the result is a disaster. On the… — Dalai Lama
A marriage of opposites - modern elements with antique pieces - highlights both their individuality and compatibility. — Nancy Price
If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite. — Earl Nightingale
Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as… — Earl Nightingale
The opposite of coherent is interesting. — Seth Godin
Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong. — Earl Nightingale
Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He… — Ernest Holmes
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For… — Samuel Johnson

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