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Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.

There’s an effort on the part of many people to attack women’s rights, women’s health, and the ability to control our own lives. No doubt about it. And it is not a majority of the country, in any way, shape, or form. I know on the contraceptive issue, 70 percent of the country agrees with me. Will that stop my opponents? No. Because they are so radical. They chip away and chip away.

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

…we are all inclined to … direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating oneself, one pushes the inquiry only to the point at which one can no longer offer any opposition. Hence a good inquirer will be one who is ready in bringing forward the objections proper to the genus, and that he will be when he has gained an understanding of the differences.

How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then, is it any longer worthwhile to rack one’s brain to find new ghosts to fear? No, indeed: All hail optimism! – upon playing Hermanis Mattison after he overlooked an unusual knight manouevre.

It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. That is, since there is no need for a special training place, equipment, or an opponent, a flexibility in training is provided such that the physically and spiritually weak individual can develop his body and mind so gradually and naturally that he himself may not even realize his own great progress.

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

My toughest opponent has always been me.

Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious.

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

If your opponent praises you: beware! But if he gets stuck into you, you are usually on the right way.

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done correctly, being competitive is a wonderful way to always try to be a better person by learning from your mistakes and capitalizing on your successes.

Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage.

I do not have any fears, no fear of dying, of failure, of anything; that means I am very dangerous for my opponents.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

I believe most definitely that one must not only grapple with the problems on the board, one must also make every effort to combat the thoughts and will of the opponent.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

I think that sometimes conservatives are way too naive to understand the zeal that liberals have in trying to destroy using Alinsky tactics the very humanity of their conservative opponents.

The Federalists also used bribes, intimidation, and fraud against opponents of the Constitution.

All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it’s absolutely necessary. And three, be nice.

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.

The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as possible. Male players must not only retain equanimity on their side of the net, but create dissension on the other.

One should respect a defeated opponent!

You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.

The New York Times and the rest of the mainstream media will only refer to partial birth abortion as ‘what its opponents refer to as partial birth abortions.’ What do its supporters call it? Casual Fridays? Bean-with-bacon potato chip dip? Uh . . . Steve?

That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

If you don’t have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from.

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration

Your biggest hurdle isn’t your opponent, it is yourself.

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.