Sentences with phrase «swimming against the currents»

Unfortunately, a new study suggests this hope may be swimming against the currents of human psychology.

... it's time to swim against the current and consider investing in technology stocks again.

The entire universe has been dropped into the torrential flow of His grace and redemption and no matter how much we might swim against the current or splash around in our own vain attempts at self - glorification, we can not resist the direction that Jesus is pulling all creation toward.

Or is faith perhaps made too easy for me, precisely because I need not swim against the current of my own thought in order to be a believer?

All them Northerners keep saying I can't keep slaves and saying how public opinion is changing towards owning humans, but they can all just go with the flow if they like, i'll be staying alive swimming against the current for as long as my racist arms will carry me...

They swim against a current to create a firmer texture and more muscular structure.

If we are not careful here we could descend even further, I used to laugh when fans talked about relegation because of the players we have, but if we can't play as a team then things can go against us and even now we see how difficult it can be to swim against the current.

In a crazy and overheated transfer market clearly Wenger has seemingly taken a big step back, swimming against the current.

When my first child was born I often felt like I was swimming against the current.

After a month or so I started to feel a little suffocated, like I was struggling to swim against a current of looky - loos and commentators.

the ego swims against the current, while the soul sits back and floats in the the direction that life is moving in.You're either being guided by your soul or driven by your ego...»

You end up «swimming against the current,» and this doesn't last forever.

And despite the serious roadblocks mentioned above, there were plenty of women who swam against the current and altered the course of history.

For those groups it's like swimming against the current.

The Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities believes it may be swimming against the current, but has nevertheless adopted three resolutions urging «more rigorous» standards for teacher training.

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Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

While it's true that sometimes swimming against the current is the only way to get where you're headed, three new books show women making history in a variety of ways, from globetrotting, to taking on mysterious jobs, to smashing through political barriers — even if their behavior was sometimes less...

Swimming against the current and buying what everyone else considers repelling requires a somewhat strong psyche.

To swim against the current is really challenging.

If the market performs poorly for that 30 years, your investments are unlikely to do well because you are swimming against that current.

Being a contrarian, the ability to swim against the current, is an essential quality for all value investors.

I often say that life is like a river and it makes no sense to swim against the current.

Constant paddling; either for catching the perfect wave or swimming against the current will toughen and tone arms.

Unfortunately we don't see any salmon jump and swim against the current.

When peak tidal exchange occurs, it is impossible for most divers to swim against the current.

Weak swimmers or younger children may tire quickly swimming against the current.

Tanabe: On my side, it allows for special attributes, such as each character having a special skill underwater, for example the ability to swim against the current of water.

Swimming against the current is a hard but necessary choice that is made when the current is about to take you over a waterfall.

I had been swimming against the current my entire life, and I gradually learned to swim along with it instead.

So those of us who focus on efficiency will have to swim against that current.

They were immune to the unnamed force, or at least knew how to swim against its currents.

In some songs, instruments sound a little cluttered and pressed together, as if each track is swimming against the current, competing for its own spotlight at the front of the soundstage.

The two key selling points of the Asus ZenWatch 2 are likely equally impressive, even though the $ 150 Android Wear timepiece swims against the current as far as its shape goes, adopting a rectangular form factor instead of a «perfect» circle.

The altcoin markets were characterized by widespread declines, but two large - cap tokens managed to swim against the current.

The result for you is daily frustration, as minimal gains are achieved due to consistently having to swim against the current.

On the first day of swimming against the current, and wearing an uncomfortable neoprene suit, she completed only four km as tears welled up in her goggles.

i know i am swimming against the current in this comment section, but i madly adore that wisteria lamp.

Not exact matches

It is easier to swim with the current than against it.

If we examine ourselves, we must admit that our faith swims against the main current of our culture and of our own individual psyches.

I wanted to find out about those who swam against the racist currents of their time.»

WHITE WATER SCRAMBLE Drifting downstream in a canoe can be a dreamy glide with cushions and mandolin or the splash and scramble that occurs during the weekend each spring when the Buck Ridge Ski Club canoeists tackle Pennsylvania's Lehigh Gorge and play «river roulette» against rocks, current and a boiling spray which guarantees a fast swim for losers.

Being an attached parent to a newborn can often feel like swimming against a very strong current.

«While we congratulate the Lagos Governor Emeritus on his birthday, the PDP considers it needful, to forewarn him to study the current ambience of Nigerian politics as it relates to the failures of the Buhari Presidency and the fact that the citizens have since rejected this Presidency and the APC, so that Asiwaju will not find himself swimming against the tide.»

By definition, plankton are waterborne animals or plants that can not swim against an ambient current.

It seems that somehow the virus can actually spread against ocean currents and can travel faster than pilchards can swim, says Michael Hine, a marine pathologist at the New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research.

They are apparently able to detect the direction of current flow and swim against the prevailing current,» Dr. Kobayashi added.

The authors found that the turtles were swimming against the prevailing current in a statistically significant pattern at a rate of 30 cm / sec, which indicates an ability to detect the current flow and orient themselves to swim into the current flow direction.