The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it’s the opposition.
Opposition Quotes
Talked, or tried to talk, with R.W.E. (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Lost my time – nay, almost my identity. He, assuming a false opposition where there was no difference of opinion, talked to the wind – told me what I knew – and I lost my time trying to imagine myself somebody else to oppose him.
If you stand up and are counted, you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Taking the line of least resistance still makes both men and rivers crooked.
It takes a strong man to swim against the current; any dead fish will float with it.