Motivational Quotes

Enemies

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

- Richards, Mary Caroline

Best Quotes about Enemies

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

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

Eddie Cantor

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Jewish Proverb

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Sally Kempton

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

Simpson, N. F.

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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

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Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

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

Euripides

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

Andre Maurois

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

Colbert, Claudette

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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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

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

Lee, Bruce

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Conrad, Joseph

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Spike Milligan

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Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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

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

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

Blake, William

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A person is his own worst enemy.

34.

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

Mark Twain

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

Chambers, Oswald