Motivational Quotes

Enemies

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

- Kissinger, Henry

Best Quotes about Enemies

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

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

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

Andre Maurois

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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

King, Stephen

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

10.

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

Lee, Bruce

11.

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

Mark Twain

12.

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

Euripides

13.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

14.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

15.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

16.

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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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

18.

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

Eric Hoffer

19.

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

Proverb

20.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

21.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

22.

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

Blake, William

23.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

24.

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

Antisthenes

25.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

26.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

27.

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

Simpson, N. F.

28.

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

Proverb, Chinese

29.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

30.

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

31.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

32.

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

33.

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

Moore, Frankfort

34.

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Miller, Henry

35.

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.

36.

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

Channing, William Ellery

37.

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

Jones, Ernest

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

Jewish Proverb

39.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

40.

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

41.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

42.

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

Colbert, Claudette

43.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

44.

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

45.

Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.

Spike Milligan

46.

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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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.

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

Voltaire

49.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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