Motivational Quotes

Enemies

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

- Aesop

Best Quotes about Enemies

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Sally Kempton

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Antisthenes

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

Euripides

Speak well of your enemies... you made them.

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

Horton, Doug

One reason we should love our enemies is that we made them ourselves. Another reason is that they keep us on our toes, a third reason is that we should make them our friends.

The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.

Lincoln, Abraham

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

10.

In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

Voltaire

11.

Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

12.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. [Matthew]

Bible

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Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

15.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

16.

Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.

Simpson, N. F.

17.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Morley, Christopher

18.

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.

Proverb

19.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

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A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.

Sumner, Gordon

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Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Gracian, Baltasar

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The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.

Adams, Douglas

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

Chambers, Oswald

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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

Channing, William Ellery

31.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

32.

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.

Jewish Proverb

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Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

Andre Maurois

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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

Blake, William

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Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

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Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

Saadi

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

Aesop

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The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

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Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.