Contend Quotes

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. — Tony Campolo

Whoever shall now contend that it is unjust to put heretics and blasphemers to death will knowingly and willingly incur their very guilt. — John Calvin

I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play. — Lee Westwood

I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. — Oliver James

We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture. — Charles H. Kraft

The sage's Way is to act and not to contend. — Laozi

the public is defrauded when it is purposely misled. Poor public! how often is it misled! against what a world of fraud has it to contend! — Anthony Trollope

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend. — John Tillotson

Man cannot contend with the divine. — Cassandra Clare

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. — E.T.A. Hoffmann

I contend that those who Agape can only administer mercy and grace."

~R. Alan Woods [2012] — R. Alan Woods

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat. — Allen Klein

I'll make death love me; for I will contend
Even with his pestilent scythe. — William Shakespeare

Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with ... Time will reverse the judgement of the vulgar. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong — Mencius

I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other. — Gary Shteyngart

The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool. — Georgia Douglas Johnson

Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. — Isaac Asimov

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax

I contend that every woman has the right to feel beautiful, no matter how scrambled her features, or how indifferent her features. — Marie Dressler

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. — Francis Bacon

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I still contend that Shakespeare is a dirty old man. — Stephanie Riggs

Every author has the whole past to contend with; all the centuries are upon him. He is compared with Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend with life but to yield to it. — Bette Bao Lord

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. — Winston S. Churchill

But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost! — Alexander Pope

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. — Honore De Balzac

How has the human spirit ever survived the terrific literature with which it has had to contend? — Wallace Stevens

It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. — Mao Zedong

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead. — Thomas Hobbes

I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.' — Gary Jennings

Another force to contend with. Another power player who has decided to use me as a piece in her games, — Suzanne Collins

The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend. — Evagrius Ponticus

Everyone who has to contend with unbelief should be advised that he ought not to take his own unbelief too seriously. — Karl Barth

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you. — Margaret Cho

Further to this, Ove has the cat's resentful stares to contend with. Something in its eyes reminds him of the way Sonja used to look at him. — Fredrik Backman

Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time. — Elizabeth McGovern

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone! — Madeleine Peyroux

I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work. — Pat Metheny

Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere. — Sherry Turkle

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. — William Henry Harrison

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end. — Robert Herrick

It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend. — Laozi

Let's contend no more, Love, Strive nor weep: All be as before Love, - Only sleep. — Robert Browning

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful. — Lance Burton

Real people, with their unpredictable ways, can seem difficult to contend with after one has spent a stretch in simulation. — Sherry Turkle

The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form. — Jefferson Davis

There is still the outside world to contend with. A world of backfiring cars, and their human equivalents. — David Sedaris

There's nothing left to contend against and nothing left that must be done, and there will never be anything that must be done ever again. — Jed McKenna

Witches have their share of nasty legends to contend with, I said, thinking of the witch-hunts and the executions that followed. — Deborah Harkness

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden. — John Milton

The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for. — John Buchan

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose. — Baltasar Gracian

I will contend until I am shot that art as soon as it is brought into contact with politics inevitably sinks to the level of any ideological trash. — Vladimir Nabokov

When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against all the assaults of men. — John Owen

So in every individual the two trends, one towards personal happiness and the other unity with the rest of humanity, must contend with each other. — Sigmund Freud

Resilient communities relied on informal networks of deep trust to contend with and heal disruption. — Andrew Zolli

If you want to be contentious wait until you learn what you have to contend with. It works better that way. — Rex Stout

As long as I feel like I can win majors and contend, I'll continue to play. — Pete Sampras

The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with. — Patty Griffin

I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness. — Mahatma Gandhi

The evils against which we contend are frequently the fruits of illusions which are similar to our own. — Reinhold Niebuhr

In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn. — Thomas B. Macaulay

...wary as any burnt child with an unfamiliar fire to contend with. — Suzette Haden Elgin

Apologists for the profession contend that lawyers are as honest as other men, but this is not very encouraging. — Ferdinand Lundberg

Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity. — Frank Herbert

War consisteth not in battle only,or the act of fighting;but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known — Thomas Hobbes

He felt great. spa'dassins digladiate; ziffidae and xebecs contend! gol-iard dunking! — Iain M. Banks

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller

I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

When I was filming 'Lost,' we'd be in the jungle. The only thing we had to contend with was the sound of the ocean. That was it, really. — Henry Ian Cusick

Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures. — Bill Dedman

The moment we confront our fears we are declaring that we are contenders for life, and for love. — Bryant McGill

Does anyone seriously contend that any nation can fend for itself? — Kofi Annan

I love to cook. But I have some food allergies, so I have to contend with those. — Zooey Deschanel

Aspire for excellence.
Hope for fortune.
Yearn for wisdom.
Strive for goodness.
Contend for love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. — Heraclitus

PSALM 35 Contend, O LORD, with those who y contend with me; z fight against those who fight against me! — Anonymous

Those who defend traditional morality will sometimes admit that it is not perfect, but contend that any criticism will make all morality crumble. — Bertrand Russell

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. — Franz Liszt

Who shall contend with time,
unvanquished time, the conqueror of conquerors and lord of desolation? — Henry Kirke White

Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I thought they were crazy. — Zach Johnson

I contend that the problem with transsexualism would best be served by morally mandating it out of existence — Janice Raymond

People who contend with stressful situations regularly detect more opportunities of this nature than people who are living in pampered circumstances. — Gunter Pauli

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. — George Savile

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread — Thomas Seward

It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you. — John Owen

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. — Tony Campolo