Top 275 Contend Quotes & Sayings

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!

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

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

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

I contend that the ethos of perpetual non-judgment is intellectually dishonest if not outright cowardly.

The anti-slavery party contend that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery is right, and that this is a confederate Republic of sovereign States.

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.

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

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

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

The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.

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

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

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

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

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

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

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.

The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool.

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.

Should one of your employees have a physical or mental health problem, I would argue that it is as much something for the employer as the individual to contend with.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

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

Obviously you want to contend for a Super Bowl.

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

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

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

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

I have had nothing to do in any way, shape or form with the mailing of these anthrax letters, and it is extremely wrong for anyone to contend or suggest that I have.

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

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

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

I let the actions of my life stand for what I am as a human being. Contend with that, not the words.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

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.

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

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

There is basically no one not on the payroll of Exxon Mobil or coal companies who any longer contend that this is not something to worry about.

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.

Technology, ideology, and social and cultural changes periodically throw out new forms of violence for humanity to contend with.

I contend that if it wasn't for Jimi, the gadgets we use for electric guitars now wouldn't have happened. He was an inventor, in a sense - as well as being great artist.

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

We're viewed as equals - but we're still not there yet. The challenge for our girls, I think, is dealing with that resistance. How can we lift and defuse it, how do we make it so our equality is not so threatening? Our girls are going to have to contend with that. I contend with it right now in every realm I operate in.

I want to have a chance to contend.

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

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.

That's one of the reasons I decided to come to Boston - to contend and win a championship, especially with the history of the Celtics and what they stand for.

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

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

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

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

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

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

I contend that no book figured more prominently than the Bible in the political thought of these patriots we call the founders.

When we contend, let us contend for all our rights - the doubtful and the certain, the unimportant and essential. It is as easy to contend, or even more so, for the whole as for a part. At the termination of the contest, secure all that our wisdom and valour and the fortune of war will permit.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state.

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

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