"Antimetaboles" Example Sentences
1. "I eat to live, not live to eat" is a famous antimetabole.
2. "It's not the years in your life, but the life in your years" is an antimetabole by Abraham Lincoln.
3. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is an antimetabole often used for motivation.
4. "Do what you love and love what you do" is an antimetabole often heard in career advice.
5. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" is an infamous antimetabole by John F. Kennedy.
6. "We don't grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges" is an antimetabole often used for personal growth.
7. "It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a child to remind us what's important in life" is an antimetabole about parenting.
8. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" is an antimetabole by Winston Churchill.
9. "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" is an antimetabole commonly used in leadership.
10. "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail" is an antimetabole often heard in project management.
11. "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced" is an antimetabole by Søren Kierkegaard.
12. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" is an antimetabole by George Santayana.
13. "We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out" is an antimetabole by Theodore Roosevelt.
14. "Youth is wasted on the young, wisdom is wasted on the old" is an antimetabole about age.
15. "Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear" is an antimetabole about skepticism.
16. "Actions speak louder than words, but words can be just as powerful" is an antimetabole about communication.
17. "Love the sinner, hate the sin" is an antimetabole often used in theology.
18. "Be the change you want to see in the world" is an antimetabole by Mahatma Gandhi.
19. "The pursuit of happiness is not a destination, it's a journey" is an antimetabole about happiness.
20. "All that glitters is not gold, but not all gold glitters" is an antimetabole about deception.
21. "It's not what you know, it's who you know" is an antimetabole about networking.
22. "Less is more, but more can be less" is an antimetabole about minimalism.
23. "The more things change, the more they stay the same" is an antimetabole about progress.
24. "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly" is an antimetabole by John F. Kennedy.
25. "If you can't beat them, join them, but don't forget to beat them later" is an antimetabole about competition.
26. "Opinions are like noses, everyone has one" is an antimetabole about individuality.
27. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" is an antimetabole about education and self-sufficiency.
28. "The customer is always right, but the business also needs to make a profit" is an antimetabole about customer service.
29. "Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition can be expensive" is an antimetabole about learning.
30. "Travel far and wide, but don't forget to come back home" is an antimetabole about exploration and roots.
Common Phases
not judge people by their appearance; appearance can be deceiving.
When the going gets tough; the tough get going.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
I am stuck in this city; this city is stuck in me.
We do not quit because we are tired; we quit because we are done.
You can take the girl out of the country; but you cannot take the country out of the girl.
Life is tough; but tougher when you are stupid.
He who laughs last; laughs best.
People may forget what you say; but they will never forget how you made them feel.