Contrary Quotes

Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

Of course I would have preferred success; but failing in that, I have no regrets for having rejected all advice to the contrary, and resolutely made the struggle.

No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!

"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".