Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Jones, Ernest

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Chambers, Oswald

2.

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

3.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

4.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

5.

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

Jewish Proverb

6.

A person is his own worst enemy.

7.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

8.

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

Lee, Bruce

9.

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

Colbert, Claudette

10.

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.

11.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

12.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

13.

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

14.

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

15.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

16.

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

Bible

17.

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

Euripides

18.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

19.

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

20.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

21.

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

Mark Twain

22.

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.

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

26.

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

Proverb, Chinese

27.

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

Sally Kempton

28.

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

Conrad, Joseph

29.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

30.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

31.

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

Voltaire

32.

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

Antisthenes

33.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

34.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

37.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

38.

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

Eddie Cantor

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Proverb

42.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

43.

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

Spike Milligan

44.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

45.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

46.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

47.

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

48.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

49.

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

50.

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

Morley, Christopher