Motivational Quotes

Enemies

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

- Jewish Proverb

Best Quotes about Enemies

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

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

Carlyle, Thomas

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

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

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

Simpson, N. F.

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

10.

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

Proverb

11.

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Franklin, Benjamin

12.

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.

13.

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

14.

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

15.

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

Proverb, Chinese

16.

The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

Channing, William Ellery

17.

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

18.

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

Chambers, Oswald

19.

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

20.

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

Spike Milligan

21.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

25.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

26.

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

Antisthenes

27.

A person is his own worst enemy.

28.

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

29.

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

Bible

30.

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

31.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

32.

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

Lee, Bruce

33.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

34.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

35.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

36.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

37.

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

Ford, Gerald R.

38.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

39.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

40.

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

41.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

42.

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

Andre Maurois

43.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

44.

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

Morley, Christopher

45.

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

46.

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

Mark Twain

47.

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

Blake, William

48.

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

Conrad, Joseph

49.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.