Motivational Quotes

Enemies

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

- Aristophanes

Best Quotes about Enemies

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

Lee, Bruce

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

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

King, Stephen

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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

Conrad, Joseph

10.

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

11.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

12.

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

Morley, Christopher

13.

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

Simpson, N. F.

14.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

15.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

16.

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

Moore, Frankfort

17.

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

18.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

19.

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

Proverb, Chinese

21.

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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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

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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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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

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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

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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.

27.

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

Horton, Doug

28.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

29.

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

Channing, William Ellery

31.

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

Spike Milligan

32.

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

33.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

34.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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.

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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

37.

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

Andre Maurois

38.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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

Antisthenes

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

Eddie Cantor

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

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