Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Franklin, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Enemies

1.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

2.

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

Horton, Doug

3.

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

4.

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

Spike Milligan

5.

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

Proverb

6.

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

Jewish Proverb

7.

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

8.

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

9.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

10.

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

11.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

12.

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

Eric Hoffer

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.

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

Proverb, Chinese

15.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

16.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

17.

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

Moore, Frankfort

18.

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

Gracian, Baltasar

19.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

20.

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

Mark Twain

21.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

22.

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

Lincoln, Abraham

23.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

24.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

25.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

26.

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

27.

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

28.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

29.

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

30.

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

31.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

32.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

33.

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

Blake, William

34.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

35.

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

Bible

36.

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

Antisthenes

37.

A person is his own worst enemy.

38.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

39.

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

King, Stephen

40.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

41.

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

42.

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

Eddie Cantor

43.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

44.

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

Sally Kempton

45.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.