Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Franklin, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

2.

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

Mark Twain

3.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

Bible

8.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

9.

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

Simpson, N. F.

10.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

11.

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

12.

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

Chambers, Oswald

13.

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

Moore, Frankfort

14.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

15.

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.

16.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

17.

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

Jones, Ernest

18.

A person is his own worst enemy.

19.

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

Lee, Bruce

20.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

21.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

22.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

23.

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

24.

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

Eric Hoffer

25.

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

King, Stephen

26.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

27.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

28.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

29.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

30.

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

Jewish Proverb

31.

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.

32.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

33.

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

34.

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

Blake, William

35.

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

36.

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

37.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

38.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

39.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

40.

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

41.

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

Dane, Frank

42.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

43.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

44.

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