Quotes about Opposition
...religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to the way it should.
— Deepak Chopra
You are the only means that love has for conquering its opposition; therefore you are infinitely precious in the eyes of spirit.
— Deepak Chopra
Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the winds of risk and opposition.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list.
— Leonard Ravenhill
It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn … who can be ill-natured and bad-tempered when they encounter neither opposition nor indifference?
— Emily Bronte
Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
— Stephen Covey
The Democrats are evil, and they crave power. They're willing to destroy any decent man or woman to attain it.
— Jesse Lee Peterson
From love arises hatred of those things which are contrary to what we love, or which oppose and thwart us in those things that we delight in.
— Jonathan Edwards
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.
— AA Hodge
To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.
— AW Tozer
A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.
— Abraham Lincoln
Therefore, the way for the Christian to avoid spiritual collapse is to consider Christ and the opposition He faced from the likes of sinners like Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate. Consider how He faced them with confidence, meekness, and strength.
— Kent Hughes