Strife Quotes

383 Strife quotes by 302 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
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them. — Berthold Auerbach
The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day Sleeping the years… — Will Carleton
Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife. — Charles Churchill
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What distinguishes the language of science from language as we ordinarily understand the word? ... What science strives for is an utmost acuteness and clarity… — Albert Einstein
But science is the great instrument of social change, all the greater because its object is not change but knowledge, and its silent appropriation of… — Arthur Balfour
Mathematics can remove no prejudices and soften no obduracy. It has no influence in sweetening the bitter strife of parties, and in the moral world… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We may define "faith" as the firm belief in something for which there is no evidence. Where there is evidence, no one speaks of "faith."… — Bertrand Russell
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter
For those who feel it, nothing makes the soul so religious and pure as the endeavor to create something perfect; for God is perfection, and… — Michelangelo
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself. — Bobby Ray Inman
A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at… — Torbern Bergman
No doubt science cannot admit of compromises, and can only bring out the complete truth. Hence there must be controversy, and the strife may be,… — Rudolf Virchow
Science now finds itself in paradoxical strife with society: admired but mistrusted; offering hope for the future but creating ambiguous choice; richly supported yet unable… — J. Michael Bishop
O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy… — Katharine Lee Bates
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly… — Robert E. Lee
Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding. — Howard Gardner
Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife — Confucius

Who Wrote These Strife Quotes

302 authors contributed a total of 383 Strife Quotes, led by these top contributors: