Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

2.

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

Simpson, N. F.

3.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

4.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

5.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

6.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

7.

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

8.

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

Sally Kempton

9.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

10.

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

Euripides

11.

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

Colbert, Claudette

12.

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

Morley, Christopher

13.

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

Eric Hoffer

14.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

15.

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

16.

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

Lee, Bruce

17.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

18.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

19.

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

Proverb

20.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

21.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

22.

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

23.

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

Conrad, Joseph

24.

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

25.

Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

King, Stephen

26.

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

Antisthenes

27.

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

28.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

Voltaire

32.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

33.

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

Moore, Frankfort

34.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

35.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

36.

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

Jewish Proverb

37.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

38.

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

39.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

40.

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

41.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

42.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

43.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

44.

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