Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Conrad, Joseph

Best Quotes about Enemies

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

Colbert, Claudette

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

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

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

Channing, William Ellery

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

Voltaire

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

Antisthenes

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

Morley, Christopher

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A person is his own worst enemy.

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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.

Jones, Ernest

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

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False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

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

Jewish Proverb

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

Moore, Frankfort

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

Antisthenes

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The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

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Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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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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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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Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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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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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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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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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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One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

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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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We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

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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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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