OPPOSITION

Related Subjects: Competition, Discord, Enemy, Faction, Rivalry

1. He that is not with me is against me.—Bible, Luke 11:23
   

2. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.—BURKE, Reflections on the Revolution in France
   

3. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.—GEORGE ELIOT, Janet's Repentance
   

4. The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat,—men to whom a crisis which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes graceful and beloved as a bride!—EMERSON
   

5. The coldest bodies warm with opposition; the hardest sparkle in collision.—JUNIUS
   

6. Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.—SCHILLER
   

7. Have you not learn'd great lessons from those who reject you, and brace themselves against you? or who treat you with contempt, or dispute the passage with you?—WALT WHITMAN, Stronger Lessons