Strife Quotes

383 Strife quotes by 302 unique authors

Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal his most compelling… — Erich Fromm
Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in… — Bertrand Russell
Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of… — Sara Teasdale
Much contention and strife will arise in that house where the wife shall get up dissatisfied with her husband. — Saadi
Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. — Abraham Lincoln
The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation. — Robert Burns
Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism which will make… — Emma Goldman
Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife. — Euripides
If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife. — Euripides
He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it. — Aesop
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. — Walter Savage Landor
There is strife between God s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God. — Tertullian
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to… — Georges Duhamel
Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are… — Rudolf Arnheim
I'd like to see a world free of strife, stress, pain, hunger, war - a cool place where everyone could live. — Dionne Warwick
I don't want to constantly be writing about terrorism and strife. — Lawrence Wright
He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light… — Maximus the Confessor
When one has reverence for life, one will never do anything to harm, hinder, or destroy life. Instead one bends every effort to help life… — Wilferd Peterson
Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never… — Thomas a Kempis
Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric… — Irving Howe
I never fail to be moved by knowing that the ground on which I walk is layered with the past- with achievement and strife and… — Eva Hoffman
I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife. — Van Morrison
And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood and… — David Brewster
We all strive for safety, prosperity, comfort, long life, and dullness. The deer strives with his supple legs, the cowman with trap and poison, the… — Aldo Leopold

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