Motivational Quotes

Enemies

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

- Dahlberg, Edward

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Proverb

2.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

3.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

4.

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

Euripides

5.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

6.

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

7.

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

Simpson, N. F.

8.

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.

9.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

10.

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

Dane, Frank

11.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

12.

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

Blake, William

13.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

14.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

15.

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

Morley, Christopher

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

19.

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

Horton, Doug

20.

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

Chambers, Oswald

21.

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

22.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

23.

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

24.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

25.

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

Colbert, Claudette

26.

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

Antisthenes

27.

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

Conrad, Joseph

28.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

29.

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

Antisthenes

30.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

31.

A person is his own worst enemy.

32.

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

33.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

34.

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

Voltaire

35.

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

Lee, Bruce

36.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

Proverb, Chinese

40.

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

King, Stephen

41.

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

Jewish Proverb

42.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

43.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

44.

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

Bible

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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

Mark Twain

48.

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

Spike Milligan

49.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

50.

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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