“I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.” DoneAbleSufferingSpeakMy OwnBloodContrary Author:Jim Dine
“I will not be influenced, governed, or controlled, in my temporal interests by any ecclesiastical authority or pretended revelation whatever, contrary to my own judgment.” InterestMy OwnAuthorityJudgmentContraryRevelationsControlledPolygamy Author:Oliver Cowdery
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“It's been a hard lesson for me , but contrary quite frankly to what is a common practice in politics, I can tell from my own experience, it is better to stay away from personalities.” I CanHardMy OwnCommonPracticePersonalityLessonsContraryHard Lessons Author:George W. Bush
“It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. It is not contrary to reason for me to choose my total ruin, to prevent the least uneasiness of an Indian, or person wholly unknown to me. It is as little contrary to reason to prefer even my own acknowledged lesser good to my greater, and have a more ardent affection for the former than the latter.” WorldLittlesPersonsReasonWholeMy OwnGreaterDestructionFingersAffectionContraryWhole WorldRuinsFormerIndianLatterPreferenceArdentUneasiness Author:David Hume