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!

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a...

The higher you climb, the more Satan will take notice. Keep climbing! Heaven’s gate has a lock.

The skeptic says that the believer has lost his own mind under God. On the contrary, it is the people who follow God who are most like his children, who willingly and consciously walk in...

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

Don’t obey the commandments of obstacles. Resist every opposition schemed to break you down. Wake up!

I do not understand those who take little or no interest in the subject of religion. If religion embodies a truth, it is certainly the most important truth of human existence. If it is largely...

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.