Best 154 quotes in «opposition quotes» category

Every successful work of God must have opposition.

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future.

Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

Nobody told me when I became a Democrat that that involved opposition to lower taxes.

Islam developed in opposition to orthodox Christianity from the very start, and it considers itself superior to Christianity. So far, it has only been tolerant in places where it is in the minority.

Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.

It is opposition that makes us productive.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

Never accept the initial premise of the opposition.

Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.

Opposition is dangerous to immortality.

Opposition is true friendship.

Opposition is the very spur of love.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism.

President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader.

Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.

Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies.

Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million.

Prisons are the universities of the opposition.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

The best work usually meets the strongest opposition.

The Bengal tiger always has his tail up, ready to devour the opposition.

The new season will be all about scoring more goals than the opposition.

The central opposition between magic and science is the opposition between power and knowledge.

The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.

We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist. And there is no decent or charted way of making a living at it. It is something you are, and not something you do.

There is a tyrannical element in all fanaticism, an element which makes opposition a torment.

What is wrong with strengthening the opposition? You lose nothing, ... But let them abide by the rules.

When we have complements or oppositions, change occurs.

When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.

We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.

As a black woman interested in feminist movement, I am often asked whether being black is more important than being a woman; whether feminist struggle to end sexist oppression is more important than the struggle to racism or vice versa. All such questions are rooted in competitive either/or thinking, the belief that the self is formed in opposition to an other...Most people are socialized to think in terms of opposition rather than compatibility. Rather than seeing anti-racist work as totally compatible with working to end sexist oppression, they often see them as two movements competing for first place.

Anything worthwhile is opposed.

Before you cut down the tree, think of the birds that take refuge on it

Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors.

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

By all means, somebody will oppose it, but if only it is a noble cause pleasant to God, you have no reason to retreat!

By saying that human issues are more important than non-human issues, that violence to humans is more relevant than violence to animals, one forgets that the animal liberation movement implies a message of peace for every being on earth and the opposition against the mindset of oppression. To make a distinction between one violence and another is exactly the root of all violence: Some wouldn't do any harm to those who share with them a flag, a religion, a language, etc. but would easily condemn to suffering and death those who are different. This tragic use of diversity as an excuse to inflict pain on others for a matter of profit and convenience is the cause of suffering for both human and non-human animals.

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies.

Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.

Don't blow out someone’s candle or you'll both end up in the dark.

Don’t ever oppose those who doubt your abilities and capabilities; just expose them to their own ignorance!