Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Conrad, Joseph

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

2.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

3.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

4.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

5.

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

Sally Kempton

6.

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

Jewish Proverb

7.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

8.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

9.

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.

10.

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

Conrad, Joseph

11.

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

Antisthenes

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

14.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

15.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

16.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

21.

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

Blake, William

22.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

23.

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

24.

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.

25.

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

26.

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

Bible

27.

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

Simpson, N. F.

28.

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

Andre Maurois

29.

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

30.

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

31.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

32.

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

33.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

34.

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.