#contrary

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound. ↗

— Jan Morris

#on the contrary #petty #profound #smallness

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good. ↗

— Ralph Thomas Walker

#architects #been #book #contrary #fellow

Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#any #anyone #beginning #career #contrary

Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#beautiful #cities #contrary #convinced #me

On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

#american president #avoid #capabilities #contrary #convince

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#complacency #contrary #directly #hate #i

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#contrary #hard #i #just #man

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets. ↗

— Michael Korda

#away #carefully #contrary #failure #hidden

It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ↗

— David Hume

#destruction #finger #prefer #reason #scratching

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#accepting #away #comes #complexes #contrary