Quotes About Opposition

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 ushering opinions into the world which deviate from common practice. Hence for want of energy, the young idea is shackled with timidity and a useful thought is buried in the impenetrable gloom of eternal oblivion.

Without enemies around us, we grow lazy. An enemy at our heels sharpens our wits, keeping us focused and alert. It is sometimes better, then, to use enemies as enemies rather than transforming them into friends or allies.

When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit. Ancient Chinese saying

Being attacked is a sign that you are important enough to be a target. You should relish the attention and the chance to prove yourself.

Fo each weakness there is a corresponding strength.

Without enemies you will not know how or where to maneuver, and you will lose a sense of your limits, of how far you can go.

It's just human, or inhuman, nature: People will find a way to make a big deal out of their differences-the smaller, the better. It reminded me of the Mantagues and the Capulets (if I wanted to think highbrow), or the Hatfields and the McCoys (if I wanted to go lowbrow)...or the Jets and the Sharks (if I happened to feel musical).

I'm not going anywhere with you, you little shoemaker," I said (Rachel to Trent)

good is accomplished against the immense black-hole gravity of greed and fear.

Galileo did not want to agree. He never wanted to agree; agreeing was something other people did, with him, after they had disagreed.

The door opened to reveal something like the opposite of Inspector Genette: a very big man. Prognathous, callipygous, steatopygous, exophthalmos—toad, newt, frog—even the very words were ugly.

Enemigos mortales... tentaciones prohibidas.

Si tú eres el villano, no olvides que yo soy el monstruo.

Measure me by the caliber of my foes.

We come together, Like drops of water, like astral bodies. We oppose each other, Like magnets, like the colors of skin.

It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them.

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.

I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuadinig arguments of my best friends.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.

...religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to the way it should.

The writers against religion whilst they oppose every system are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.

God against man. Man against God. Man against nature. Nature against man. Nature against God. God against nature. Very funny religion!

Churchill , he is a great man. He is, of course, our enemy and has always been the enemy of Communism, but he is an enemy one must respect, an enemy one likes to have.

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.