Motivational Quotes

Enemies

He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life.

- Nietzsche, Friedrich

Best Quotes about Enemies

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

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

Antisthenes

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

Horton, Doug

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

Conrad, Joseph

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

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

Proverb

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

Euripides

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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

Sally Kempton

10.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

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We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

Chambers, Oswald

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

Channing, William Ellery

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Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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

Colbert, Claudette

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

Jones, Ernest

18.

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

19.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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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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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Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

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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.

Chesterfield, Lord

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

Voltaire

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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

Antisthenes

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

Eddie Cantor

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

Simpson, N. F.

33.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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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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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

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

Eric Hoffer

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The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

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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.

40.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

42.

A person is his own worst enemy.

43.

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

Spike Milligan

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Moore, Frankfort

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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

47.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

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

Morley, Christopher