Sentences with phrase «to swim against the current»

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

The strength of the currents sometimes make it hard to swim against the current for anything more than a short distance.

Some people seem to go through life always swimming against the current.

Feel like you were swimming against the current before this week?

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

It's obviously not enough to simply do swim against the current; you need to know why you're doing it.

It's obviously not enough to just swim against the current; you need to know why you're doing it.

Anyway, it was a pleasure to be in the company of five authors who so clearly loved what they were doing and who had the courage to swim against the current in the publishing stream.

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...

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.

Being an innovator is difficult; it sometimes means swimming against the current and battling against the preconceived notions of the public, as Musk himself has experienced multiple times with Tesla and SpaceX.

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...

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...»

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

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

After few minutes surfacing then descending again out to the channel might swim against the current otherwise it puts into deep water as the result of the current from the channel and the current out from the bay.

World changers swim against the current, cut against the grain, do things differently.

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.

Take an aerobics class or book a treatment at the Lotus Spa ® Fitness Center, practice your putting skills at Princess Links or swim against the current in the lap pool.

Even if you are swimming against the currents, and it feels like you are not making progress, you are in fact moving forward.

... 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.

Swimming against the current is exhausting and can be lonely.

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.

If not revolutionaries, they at least knew what it was like to swim against the current.

But it is difficult to always be swimming against the current.

Swimming against the current is no easy task to be sure, but overcoming difficult obstacles can only make us better and stronger.

AGWs can measure tens or even hundreds of kilometres in length and it is thought that certain lifeforms such as plankton, that are unable to swim against a current, rely on the waves to aid their movement, enhancing their ability to find food.

Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert who recently left the Minnesota Department of Health, described the situation as «like trying to swim against the current of a raging river.»

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

Because of your beautiful mind and the way you swim 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.

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

Everybody is talking about passive income, and it is quite silly of me to swim against the current.

Contrarianism: The art of swimming against the current It's implied in the previous section that value investing is rooted in contrarianism.

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

To swim against the current is really challenging.

It's hard to swim against the current of society.

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