I love opposition that has convictions.

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

There exists indeed an opposition to it [building of UVA, Jefferson’s secular college] by the friends of William and Mary, which is not strong. The most restive is that of the priests of the different...

Make use of every friend— and every foe.

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

If you can’t outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

Pseudo-artists think that being an artist means opposing whatever seems to be an establishment. That is not creative at all. True creativity is the ability to gain perspective wherever you may have missed it before.

We hope the opposition will accept the Prime Minister’s offer and nominate their members for the committee.

The majority of our petitions were already filed before today, so it was really quite quiet. We had some company, but basically they were incumbents who had no opposition, holding their breath for the deadline....

5.That people do not believe in you or in your ideas does not necessary mean that you are not good or that your ideas are not good enough. The problem is not with you but...

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

People understand the nature of the energy problem a lot better now, … The amount of opposition I got from my district, I can count on one hand. The support level has been huge.

Opposition can be your friend. Opposition can be the fire that tempers the better sword, as well as the ice that cools a fiery temper. Don’t ever run from it; learn from it!

Serving your enemies is the fastest way to learn to love them.

The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren’t so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of scrutiny that creative individuals tend to receive because they, like insanity, are the...

Opposition should never keep you from the work God has called you to do.

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and...

Peterson thought it an unusual friendship, one only the Army could forge.

Life is a test. It was designed to be so. It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain and pleasure; where we learn right from wrong; where we pass...

This nation was founded by men and women who wanted nothing more than freedom to practice their faith without government opposition, … If we don’t stand up for the religious rights of people around the...

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed…. In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

There comes a time that every obstacle may stand against you; it takes your love to keep you on track with what you are passionate about pursuing.

God blesses you when you stand up for what you believe in despite opposition.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition across a period of many years if he is to have a...

It’s not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you’re honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or...

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance...

I had a dream about you. I said green was blue and yellow, and you said green was yellow and blue. You were like that with everything I said, taking the exact opposite stance, yet...

I think it’s very important that we do everything we can to strengthen and unify the opposition. This is what we talked about, … We obviously are going to stay in very close touch over...

Even some members of the EU itself have publicly expressed opposition to these measures.

O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, butthe tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression.Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and...

It is better to participate in government with the strength we have than to be without influence in opposition. Let’s do it, … What we have here is not a program of market radicalism and...

[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is...

In every dream you pursue, you attract its respective version of opposition. Going back will not solve any problem; Regrets will not change anything either; Feeling of Superiority over every obstacle should be your priority!

The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings…Our way of life...

The physique of a Messiah. But too clever to believe in God or be convinced of his own mission. And too sensitive, even if he were convinced, to carry it out. His muscles would like...

The hostility and venomous response the topic of sexual trauma and rape in the military brings up, especially with men from my Era, is revealing. This opposition speaks to their guilt and toward the truth...

Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It’s fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third.

Look for the person everyone hates, and love them.

Your life oppositions will position or disposition you in the best or worst way depending how you position or disposition your oppositions.

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in...

We want to be in the opposition.

There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness.

There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social...

There are those whose views about religion are not very different from my own, but who nevertheless feel that we should try to damp down the conflict, that we should compromise it. … I respect...

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

The opposition is very stiff but I am optimistic.

If the cost of naming the enemy is diplomatically or politically unacceptable, then the war is not likely to go well.