Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Andre Maurois

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

2.

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

Antisthenes

3.

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

Horton, Doug

4.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

5.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

6.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

Antisthenes

10.

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

11.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

12.

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

Voltaire

13.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

14.

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

Eric Hoffer

15.

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

Blake, William

16.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

17.

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

Morley, Christopher

18.

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

19.

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

20.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

21.

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

Colbert, Claudette

22.

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

23.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

24.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

25.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

26.

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

Proverb

27.

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

28.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

29.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

30.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

31.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

32.

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

33.

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

Conrad, Joseph

34.

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

Euripides

35.

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

36.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

37.

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

Jones, Ernest

38.

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

39.

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

Jewish Proverb

40.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

41.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

42.

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

Mark Twain

43.

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

44.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

45.

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

King, Stephen

46.

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

Moore, Frankfort

47.

We can learn even from our enemies.