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...

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.

I wanted Kat out. Every cell of my being demanded that I protect her, even though I knew she was hella capable of doing so herself, but I wanted her far away from here. Hell,...

If you do not see light at the end of the tunnel, consider it an opportunity to create an opening yourself, wherever you want.

A blanket could be used to divide people. All men who oppose me should get on top of the blanket, and all women who support me would be well advised get naked and get under...

If the oppressed must be alert enough to follow the rulers’ instructions, they are therefore conscious enough to be able to challenge them.

If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult – hate him.

,Kitten?-,Si?Sus ojos eran hermosos cuando se encontraron con los míos, luminosos y claros,y un largo momento se extendió entre nosotros. -Te amo.” Daemon Black, Opposition.

He who believes not in your quest should not sail with you, so that he won’t sink your ship

He took the fight out of the 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....

All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him...

Sometimes the only option is to raise the stakes, to throw yourself the other way, to force your opponent further down the path they’ve chosen, further than they might want to go.

In a victory speech, I like to thank the opposition, because without their help, I couldn’t have won.

An enemy of yours is an enemy of mine; an enemy of mine is an enemy of yours; if an enemy of mine is not an enemy of yours, then you’re an enemy of mine.

I have witnessed how the power of listening, storytelling and embracing gray areas breaks through the rigid ‘us vs. them.

No matter the level of opposition from external forces, whoever God has elevated, will definitely stay elevated.

Wir sind das Volk!”Dieser Satz hat uns gelehrt, dass wir, wenn wir unserer Sehnsucht glauben und ihr vertrauen, die Angst verlieren können. Eine Angst, die willfährige Dienerin jeder Art von nicht legitimierter Herrschaft ist, die...

You may face opposition not only because you are doing something wrong, but because you are doing something right. Not all oppositions are meant for a better life!

In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very...

Whenever you are on the right path, opposition comes. You were born for such a time as this; you are ready!