Quotes about Opposition
Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.
— John Ortberg
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
— Samuel Johnson
To the corruptions of christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence, and believing he never claimed any other.
— Thomas Jefferson
To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others.
— Thomas Jefferson
The madman runs to the East and his keeper runs to the East, both are running to the East. Their purposes differ.
— Thomas Merton
To put it bluntly, the churchgoer has been influenced by the secular world that opposes the reality of the biblical Flood. Many in the Church succumb to this secular peer pressure and also deny the global Flood.
— Ken Ham
He that is not with me is against me" (Mat 12:30). If you are not gathering, then you are scattering. If you are not walking in light, then you are walking in darkness! There is no neutral position; there is no middle ground!
— Ken Ham
His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.
— Anonymous
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
We're all complicit in the things we may be trying to oppose. I'm complicit in the things that I'm trying to oppose.
— Wendell Berry
No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.
— Pablo Picasso
The emotion of sex is an "irresistible force," against which there can be no such opposition as an "immovable body." When driven by this emotion, men become gifted with a super power for action.
— Napoleon Hill