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

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

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

Simpson, N. F.

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

Mark Twain

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

Horton, Doug

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

Proverb, Chinese

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

Dane, Frank

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

Jones, Ernest

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Morley, Christopher

10.

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

Proverb

11.

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

Bible

12.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

13.

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

14.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

15.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

16.

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

Antisthenes

17.

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

18.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

19.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

20.

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

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

22.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

23.

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

Blake, William

24.

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

25.

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

King, Stephen

26.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

27.

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

Lee, Bruce

28.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

29.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

30.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

31.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

32.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

33.

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

Voltaire

34.

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

35.

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

Euripides

36.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

37.

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.

38.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

39.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

40.

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

Eric Hoffer

41.

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

42.

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

Antisthenes

43.

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

44.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

45.

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

46.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

47.

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