The Opposition Quotes

The Opposition Quote of the day

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

If you are seeking to obey the Lord, expect opposition. Expect obstacles. Expect difficulties. But also expect God to see you through

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right.

If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.

Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than by pulling up wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Anyone who ain't family is opposition

There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other.

Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition. He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.

We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become.

Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.

Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation.

Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.

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

The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there will be no opposition from that class.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

Reducing the nuclear danger will require a universal, consistent opposition to all forms of weapons development

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.

If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.

Rome was not built in a day Opposition will come your way But the harder the battle you see It's the sweeter the victory

For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none whatever in natural science. In opposition to the foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: "We must know - we will know!"

What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes.

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

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

If religious feeling is put in opposition to social change, then it does become an opium, but if it is joined to the struggle for social change then it is a wonderful medicine.

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary.

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.

Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

We had the opposition of virtually the entire Democratic leadership in every state in this country.

Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.

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

You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition. He would be a missionary simpleton who expected plain sailing in any work of God.

Who can guarantee that he [Alexander Milinkevich, a Belarussian opposition presidential candidate] is the most promising candidate capable of competing with the incumbent president?

In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.

The hand of opposition is never exposed.

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way of our happy union.

Don't be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the 'Kite' of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.