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

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

Chambers, Oswald

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Chesterfield, Lord

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

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

Voltaire

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

It pays to know the enemy -- not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Thatcher, Margaret

10.

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

Jewish Proverb

11.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

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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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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Conrad, Joseph

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

Simpson, N. F.

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

Mark Twain

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Eric Hoffer

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Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

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The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.

Kempis, Thomas

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The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Miller, Henry

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

Bible

22.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.

Spike Milligan

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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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I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

Ford, Gerald R.

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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

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Channing, William Ellery

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He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

Harding, Warren Gamaliel

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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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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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No man should ever display his bravery unless he is prepared for battle, nor bear the marks of defiance, until he has experienced the abilities of his enemy.

Hitopadesa

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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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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Proverb, Chinese

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There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.

Aesop

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

Morley, Christopher

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

Euripides

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False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

42.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

43.

A person is his own worst enemy.

44.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

46.

There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.

Moore, Frankfort

47.

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.

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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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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

Bette Davis

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

Horton, Doug