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

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

When the wind is against you, like a kite, have your chord of faith rooted and you would fly highest ever. — Vikrmn

And who am I to blow against the wind? — David Levithan

Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. — Ernest Hemingway,

In a world of universal poverty
The philosophers alone will be fat
Against the autumn winds
In an autumn that will be perpetual. — Wallace Stevens

A kite flies against the wind, not with it. — Winston S. Churchill

Indeed we do not really live unless we have friends surrounding us like a firm wall against the winds of the world. — Charles Hanson Towne

You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. — C.S. Lewis

There is something about the wind ... even though it can't be seen it brushes against our soul and we know it is there even during the silence. — Shannon L. Alder

Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. — Winston S. Churchill

I know that I have life only insofar as I have love. I have no love except it come from Thee. Help me, please, to carry this candle against the wind. — Wendell Berry

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. — Thomas Hood

When its back's against the wall, even positivity will come out fighting! — Serina Hartwell

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind. — Frank Harris

Little strength it's almost impossible to push against the wind. My hands feel strange. I look at them and see that they've frosted — Walt Disney Company

The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind; but the odor of good people travels; even against the wind: a good man pervades every place. — Max Muller

But the scent of the good is blown against the wind:
A good man perfumes all directions. — Anonymous

When everybody else is bending with the wind, very few people will lean against it. — Witi Ihimaera

Genius, like a thunderstorm, comes up against the wind. — Soren Kierkegaard

And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning? — Gustave Flaubert

Let the adverse breath of criticism be to you only what the blast of the storm wind is to the eagle, - a force against him that lifts him higher. — Orison Swett Marden

Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit. (A wise man does not urinate against the wind.) Roman proverb — L. Michael Hall

One sometimes must sail with the wind and sometimes against it, but the important thing is to keep your sails full. — Mark Beauregard

That's a good way to live, go against the wind. — Bob Seger

He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind. — Gautama Buddha

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. — Ella Maillart

Gray sail against the sky, Gray butterfly! Have you a dream for going. Or are you the blind wind's blowing? — Dana Burnet

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. — Lewis Mumford

Beware of spitting against the wind! — Friedrich Nietzsche

The wind crooned softly as it dusted the snow against the windows, wrapping them in a thick and fluffy cotton blanket. — Soheir Khashoggi

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things ... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. — Leo Buscaglia

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running. — Joe Garagiola

Our purpose is to lean against the winds of deflation or inflation, whichever way they are blowing. — William McChesney Martin

Did what people will do in politics, or on the sea when the wind is against them, - I tacked. — Alexandre Dumas

You throw the sand against the wind and the wind blows it back again. — William Blake

When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ... — Henry Ford

Wind blows. You can set a wall against it, you can build up a windmill. The choice is yours — Russ

It's as if you've been walking against a great wind all your life, and then the wind is gone, and you can't walk. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I buttoned my sweater against the wind on my skin - winds of change. — Sarah Jio

Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours. Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it. — Joan Of Arc

Sometimes it feels like I'm thinking against the wind. — Mortimer J. Adler

Like a bird, fly against the wind of opinions to reach your destination. — Debasish Mridha

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind. — Frank Herbert

The strong wind rises against the trees so they bend like girls washing their hair. — Lauren Groff

Behind every successful flight, lies the will, full of thrust, against the wind; the will to win. — Vikrmn

Wind slapped them against the cliff face, then yanked them outward in a biting swirl of airborne sand. — Steven Erikson

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again — Bruce Springsteen

Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind. — Gautama Buddha

There is a Dutch word, uitwaaien, to walk against the wind for pleasure. — Elizabeth Gilbert

She is in every ray of sunshine that shines too bright, in the whisper of the wind against my skin as we board the plane. — Kendall Ryan

The dust cannot fight against the wind; the wind cannot fight against the mountain. Everything and everyone has a battle to lose! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Take care not to spit against the wind! — Friedrich Nietzsche

I go outside, bundled against the wind from the east. I wander the streets of my past, waiting for one more dawn. — Jason Heller

The sound of the wind against the sides of the house is exactly like the sound of wolf fur against cardboard. — Jennifer Egan

I'm older now but still running against the wind — Bob Seger

Sulphurous wind gusted in his wake; the dust of the street swirled and the folds of his black coat flapped against his thin body. — A.F. Stewart

When everything seems to be going wrong with you, you must remember the airplane takes off against the wind — Sunday Adelaja

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned. — Gautama Buddha

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace. — Etheridge Knight

When the wind shifts against the sun, trust it not, for back it will run. — Karen White

He stood against the wind and let it peel him
clean — Anne Carson

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Wind waves on the lake break hard against the sharp rocks, but wash gently on sandy shores. — Tom Gillaspy

If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes. — Ernest Hemingway,

If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind. — Gautama Buddha

Geniuses are like thunderstorms. They go against the wind, terrify people, cleanse the air. — Soren Kierkegaard

Who am I to blow against the wind? — Paul Simon