Motivational Quotes

Enemies

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

- Aristophanes

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

2.

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

3.

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

Eddie Cantor

4.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

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.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

7.

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

8.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

9.

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

Simpson, N. F.

10.

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

11.

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

Spike Milligan

12.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

13.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

14.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

15.

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

Morley, Christopher

16.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

17.

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

Eric Hoffer

18.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

19.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

20.

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

Andre Maurois

21.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

22.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

23.

A person is his own worst enemy.

24.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

25.

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

Proverb, Chinese

26.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

27.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

28.

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

Jones, Ernest

29.

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

Bible

30.

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

King, Stephen

31.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

32.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

33.

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

34.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

35.

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

36.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

37.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

38.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

Blake, William

42.

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

Antisthenes

43.

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