Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

2.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

3.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

4.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

5.

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

Bible

6.

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

Jewish Proverb

7.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

8.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

Franklin, Benjamin

9.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

10.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

11.

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

12.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Carlyle, Thomas

13.

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

Moore, Frankfort

14.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

15.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

16.

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

17.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

18.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Lee, Bruce

19.

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

Proverb

20.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

21.

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.

22.

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

23.

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

Voltaire

24.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

25.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

26.

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise,'twas one of my most intimate enemies.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

27.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

28.

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

Antisthenes

29.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

30.

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

Blake, William

31.

He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him.

Eddie Cantor

32.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

33.

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

Mark Twain

34.

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

35.

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

Horton, Doug

36.

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

37.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.

Colbert, Claudette

38.

A person is his own worst enemy.

39.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

40.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

41.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

42.

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

43.

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

44.

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

45.

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

46.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

47.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Franklin, Benjamin

48.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von