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

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

Euripides

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Ford, Gerald R.

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

Morley, Christopher

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Lee, Bruce

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

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

Mark Twain

10.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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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

13.

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

Bible

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It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

Dane, Frank

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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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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

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

Moore, Frankfort

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

King, Stephen

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Conrad, Joseph

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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

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Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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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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We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

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One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

34.

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.

35.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

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A person is his own worst enemy.

37.

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

Sally Kempton

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

Eddie Cantor

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

Proverb, Chinese

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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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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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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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Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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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.