#contend

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

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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

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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

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We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. ↗

— Whitey Herzog

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

— Margaret Cho

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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

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The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession. ↗

— Martin Luther

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I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me. ↗

— Phil Mickelson

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If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder? ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

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