Enemy Quotes

There's a moment in fighting when strength of muscle ain't everything because enemy has already given you enough energy to gain the victory.

I smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele’s expression flickers in surprise for a moment before settling back into its pool of calm. “They may have a hard time finding me,” I reply.Raffaele gives me a tight smile in return. “Do not underestimate your enemies, Your Majesty,” he says.

A fool friend always does something that the enemy wishes.

There is no greater success as when you turn your enemy into your ally.

I took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance, that a friend generally does not.

I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.

I know that I'm doomed and I'm not going to struggle against my fate. I am only writing this down so that when you do not see me any more you will know that my enemy has finally triumphed.

Victory, is like a boxer that hangs his gloves, after the consecutive losses; sometimes walking away is what builds character, than the actual fight. As humble fruit on a tree that falls to the ground and rots, never finding appreciation in the taste of mouths.

Women most often have a difficult enemy and she is a woman and not a man.

The first and most enemy that we have are ourselves.

The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.

When you forgive your enemy, you may no longer have one.

The worst enemy in life is resentment.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

If thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink.

I asked him about his enemies. He began to count them. The list went on and on...." - Conversations with Yahya Kemal

One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know.

Know your enemy, but don't give him all your energy.

The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

If you have to fight old enemies, you should do it with your own old soldiers.

There are few things worse than mistaking an enemy for a friend.

Forgiveness is the best way to disempower an enemy.

There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan.

Yes, but I say that Nature is our enemy, that we must always fight against Nature, for she is continually bringing us back to an animal state. You may be sure that God has not put anything on this earth that is clean, pretty, elegant or accessory to our ideal; the human brain has done it.

Doubt is the archenemy of love. He is the scoundrel who accused her to reason

When someone attempts to insult you know that they are inadvertently giving away what would insult them.

When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour.

A man's rivals tell you how great he is.

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him?

A mafia could never kill an alliance. That’s how you become safe from the enemy, you befriend them.

The trick here is arbitrary word assignment: that is, any violence engaged in by ourselves or our friends is ipso facto retaliation and counter-terrorism; whatever the enemy does is terrorism, irrespective of facts.’10 We might say, then, that the golden rule of state violence is: terrorism is what they do, and counter-terrorism is what we do. As Orwell himself observed in his essay, ‘Notes on Nationalism’: ‘Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage – torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians – which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by “our” side.

Not many Ruminarii warships had ever been captured intact by any enemy, and so for those the Ruminarii “invited” aboard their vessels, this was usually a one-way sight-seeing trip. For those who really want to know, Ruminarii Hammerheads have an extensive corridor network, the interior walls are heavily decorated, savagely militaristic and inevitably, close together. He strode down one. Lesser ranks seeing him, fell to the deck and groveled like their fingernails depended on it. There was a chorus of shrieks and whimpers as he passed. When he arrived on the bridge, everyone was face down on the deck, each endeavoring to grovel lower than the next. Nothing like discipline to keep the crew in its place.

We are not against the evil when our enemies are.

Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy.

An angry enemy is a conquered enemy

when building a friendship bridge don't forget to construct a distruative path.

The secret of victory is to find the point of maximum vulnerability and then strike. No matter your feelings. No matter how much you respect the enemy.

I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies are. I've known people to spend their lives nursing a hatred of phantoms and they were not happy people.

Leaders unify nations by creating an external enemy, and nations make that dream comes true.

On the positive side, a strong sense of comradely loyalty triggers genuine affection and friendship. On the negative side, it may strengthen contempt for the lives of opponents and, of course, the loss of a comrade may be followed by even greater brutality in battle.

When you see honey in the bush and there are no sign of bees, flee!! for its all but a trap

Remember: God's grief at the unspeakable things we do to one another is beyond measuring, but so is His mercy. It might seem a terrible thing to say to people who've lost and suffered so much at the hands of hatred and violence. But true courage is not to hate our enemy, any more than to fight and kill him. To love him, to love in the teeth of his hate—that is real bravery. That ought to earn people m-m-medals.

How can one fight for a love that acts as the enemy?

It is good to know one's enemy.It is better to know one's self.

Nobody me without my enemy.

Modern man has lost the sense of wonderabout the unknown and he treats it asan enemy.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.

Both friend and enemy reside within us. One lives by the rule of compassion, the other by the rule of hard knocks. Though potential influence of either extreme is inevitable, our actions bear witness to the one we embrace.

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.

If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.

Boredom is a positive attitude's enemy.

Who knows you more...your friend or your enemy? It's your enemy that pursues with passion while your friend engages at leisure.

Sometimes, I am my own worst enemy.

If you're looking for an enemy, stop imagining it's one group or another. All mankind is your enemy, including yourself.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions