Opposition Quotes

679 Opposition quotes by 546 unique authors

What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another… — Henry David Thoreau
As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance.... But no matter how tough the opposition… — Madeleine Albright
The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crisis, which intimidates and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. — Walter Lippmann
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when the looted turn… — Llewellyn Rockwell
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress… — Learned Hand
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. — John Owen
He who finds not opposition from [sin]... is at peace with it, not dying to it. — John Owen
Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul… — Jerry Bridges
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition. — Margaret J. Wheatley
...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating… — Aristotle
I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition.… — Millard Fillmore
e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker" in the usual… — Albert Einstein
It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even… — Mahatma Gandhi
I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. — Thomas Jefferson
When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing what they would… — Alexander Hamilton
When one is loyal to the truth, we say he is a person of integrity. When one is loyal to the truth under intense opposition,… — Royden G. Derrick
The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring… — Martin Luther
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from… — Robert Fulton
Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory — Jimmy Cliff
Though love and hatred are as opposites as fire and water, yet do they sometimes subsist in the breast together towards the same person; nay… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one… — Albert Schweitzer
Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting… — Thomas Merton
We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national… — John Ashcroft
I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for the country's future… — Kevin Rudd

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