Reverses Quotes

33 quotes by 29 authors

If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner or later. When once we have grasped this point, final… — Mahatma Gandhi
When we borrow trouble, and look forward into the future and see what storms are coming, and distress ourselves before they come, as to how… — Henry Ward Beecher
There is no place for fear among men and women who Almighty, who do not hesitate to humble themselves in seeking divine guidance through prayer.… — Ezra Taft Benson
Play is a subset of voluntary behaviour involving a selective mechanism which reverses the usual contingencies of power so as to permit the subject a… — Brian Sutton-Smith
For my part, I rather distrust men or concerns that rise up with the speed of rockets. Sudden rises are sometimes followed by equally sudden… — B. C. Forbes
Resistance here doesn't mean revolution. It doesn't mean storming the barricades. Resistance means using art for the things that it does best, which is to… — Questlove
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. It is essentially a written language, and it endeavors to exemplify in its written… — Alfred North Whitehead
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something. — Thomas A. Edison
Trust reverses the detours of adversity into highways of destiny. — Beth Moore
Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. — Alfred North Whitehead
It is not on the pinnacle of success and ease where men and women grow most. It is often down in the valley of heartache… — Ezra Taft Benson
Prose proposes, verse reverses. — Richard Howard
An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor. — Ambrose Bierce
In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out. — Larry Goetz
We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations… — Robert E. Wells
The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses. — Horace
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them. — William Hazlitt
In democracy, as quaintly understood, voters pick their representatives. American democracy increasingly reverses that. Legislative districts are drawn to protect incumbents who, effectively, pick their… — George Will
Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command,… — Frances Power Cobbe
Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition. — Daniel Dennett

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