Worthy Opponent Quotes

#1. Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Oliver Goldsmith

#2. Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.

Sam Brownback

#3. A stony road, hard on the feet. I would beg for us to sit down but you discouraged it, knowing that sitting was fatal, because of the willpower required to get up again.

Edna O'Brien

#4. There were lots of kinds of men in the world. There were lots of kinds of dogs in the world. There were lots of men who acted like dogs in the world.

Claire Cook

#5. Small steps could make large journeys, if admittedly very slow ones.

Kim Harrison

#6. And now your dead inside, still you wonder why, when your on the edge and falling off, its all over, for you

Three Days Grace

#7. However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes.

Mahatma Gandhi

#8. Scowled. "That's fine. But ... Kym who?" Poseidon coughed into his fist. "She's one of mine.

Rick Riordan

#9. There was something so cool about being able to carry this film [Into the Forest] together [with Ellen Page] and to play off of each other. It was like having the most worthy tennis opponent.

Evan Rachel Wood

#10. For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.

Mary McCarthy

#11. Winning is nothing unless the opponent is worthy

Carole Nelson Douglas

#12. But I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely.

Augusten Burroughs

#13. The only actions that do not cause opposing reactions are those that are aimed at the good of all.

Eckhart Tolle

#14. A worthy opponent can command more
respect from us than a cowering ally.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#15. The more you love, the more you crave.

Nicole Kidman

#16. May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.

John Darnielle

#17. Without a worthy opponent a man or group cannot grow stronger.

Robert Greene

#18. To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving where both Twilight 3D and Happy Feet 2 are coming out.

Shawn Anthony Levy

#19. The role of art in society differs for every artist.

Maya Lin

#20. Consider and then act, don't react. A worthy opponent will calculate his move to entice a response from you. Make your own play.

R.D. Ronald

#21. America leads the world at present in golden-calf production.

Eugene H. Peterson

#22. Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.

Donna Lynn Hope

#23. Years later, a Japanese visitor tried to apologize to Mao for his country's invasion of China. Mao interrupted, "Should I not thank you instead?" Without a worthy opponent, he explained, a man or group cannot grow stronger.

Robert Greene

#24. If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours.

Kiersten Warren

#25. The Captain of the Guard would be an interesting opponent. Maybe even worthy of some effort on her part.

Sarah J. Maas

#26. if someone merely wishes to provoke you, shake the dust from your feet and carry on. Fight only with a worthy opponent, and not with someone who uses trickery to prolong a war that is already over, as does sometimes happen.

Paulo Coelho