Quotes about Quarrel
He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
— Genesis 26:22
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
— Genesis 45:24
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
— Exodus 17:7
"Mr. Churchill you're drunk!" Mr. Churchill: "And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.
— Winston Churchill
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
— Proverbs 26:21
He and sin must quarrel, if he and God are to be friends.
— JC Ryle
A piety that sees death as the moment of "going home at last," the time when we are "called to God's eternal peace," has no quarrel with power-mongers who want to carve up the world to suit their own ends.
— NT Wright
So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man.
— JC Ryle
How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?
— John Wooden
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
— Genesis 26:20
The work of God needs to be done. Souls must not perish while you give your attention to your worldly business or worldly pleasure, take your ease, or quarrel with your brethren.
— Richard Baxter
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
— 2 Kings 5:7