Quotes about Enemies! 200 Best Enemy Quotes to Know Your Enemy
Quotes about Enemies
“Enemies are so stimulating.” —Katharine Hepburn
“Bear patiently with a rival.” —Ovid
“Our enemies are our outward consciences.” —Shakespeare
“Enemies promises were made to be broken.” —Aesop
“We can learn even from our enemies.” —Ovid
“Every educated person is a future enemy.” —Martin Bormann
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
“An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.”
“Enemies’ gifts are no gifts and do no good.” —Sophocles
“We need a common enemy to unite us.” —Condoleezza Rice
“If you had no enemies, you had no fun.” —Denis Leary
“Give the enemy an inch, he’ll take a yard.” —Monica Crowley
Best Enemy Quotes
“The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
“Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.” —Antisthenes
“If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character.” —Paul Newman
“Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.” —Bishop William Fleetwood
“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.” —Thomas Jefferson
“Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.” —Mao Zedong
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.” —Aesop
“A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate.” —Emil Cioran
“One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.” —E. B. White
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
“When the enemy attacks you, it means you are on the right road.” —Enver Hoxha
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.” —Joseph Heller
“Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.” —Thomas Hardy
“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” —Eric Hoffer
“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.” —Dalai Lama
“I bring out the worst in my enemies and that’s how I get them to defeat themselves.” —Roy M. Cohn
“Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.”
“It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes.” —Thomas Paine
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” —Nelson Mandela
“As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.” —Thomas Jefferson
“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.” —Francois de la Rochefoucauld
“Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.” —Lord Chesterfield
Love Your Enemy Quotes
“Scratch a lover, find a foe.” —Parker
“Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.” —Franklin
“Love your enemies; for they shall tell you all your faults.” —Benjamin Franklin
“Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.” —Harris
“Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.” —Sydney J. Harris
“Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.” —Gyatso
“Deep within, she is attuned to His Love, intoxicated with delight, her enemies and sufferings are all taken away.” —Nanak
“Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.” —Francis Swiss Clergyman
“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.” —Unknown
Quotes For Enemies And Haters
“The nearest I can make it out, “Love your Enemies” means, “Hate your Friends” —Franklin
“He is my buddy. I would hate to see what his enemies look like.” —Jobs
“The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of enemies.” —Schiller
“Golf is good for the soul. You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.” —Rogers
“I love to love those who love to hate me and I laugh at the laughter directed against me.” —Veness
“If people can’t let go to the hatred of their enemies, they risk sowing the seeds of hate among themselves.” —Clinton
“You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.” —Nietzsche
“In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.” —Hanh
“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.” —King
Friends and Enemies Quotes
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” —Mario Puzo
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” —Arabic Proverb
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.” —Abraham Lincoln
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” —William Blake
“One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.” —Jonathan Swift
“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.” —Abraham Lincoln
Know Your Enemy Quotes
“Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.” —Pierre Corneille
“Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” —Tzu
“We’ve learned from it. You get to know where your enemies are.” —Klinsmann
“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.”
“When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.” —Callas Category: American Musician Enemies
“Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.” —Proverbs
“And Allah best knows your enemies; and Allah suffices as a Guardian, and Allah suffices as a Helper.” —Quran
“I’m just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I’m just the guy who makes happy.” —Checker
“It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.” —Turner
“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
“Our two parties were enemies in the past. Everyone knows this history. But history is in the past. We can’t change it. But the future is in our hands and offers many opportunities.” —Chan
“Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.” —Fisher British Politician
Friends Turn into Enemies Quotes
“Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.” —Franklin
“Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend.” —Proverb
“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.” —Gibran
Forgive Your Enemies Quotes
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” —Kennedy
“Forgive your enemies, but first get even.” —Lester Cole
“Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.” —Blake
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.” —John F. Kennedy
“One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.” —Heine
“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.” —Oscar Wilde
“We should forgive our enemies, but only after they have been hanged first.” —Heine
“When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.” —Bierce
“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.” —Cicero
Quotes About Enemies In The Bible
“He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.” —Bible
“Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.” —Bible
“And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.” —Bible
“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.” —Bible
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” —Bible
“Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.” —Bible
“And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.” —Bible
“Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) / That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.” —Bible
Smile At Your Enemies Quotes
“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.” —Bowen
Sun Tzu Enemy Quotes
“Do not press an enemy at bay.” —Sun Tzu
“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.” —Sun Tzu
“Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.” — Sun Tzu
“A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy.” — Sun Tzu
“If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.” — Sun Tzu
“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.” — Sun Tzu
“For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.” — Sun Tzu
“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” — Sun Tzu
Short Quotes About Enemies
“Sudden friendship, sure repentance.” —Proverb
“Enemies are so stimulating.” —Hepburn
“One enemy is too much.” —Herbert
“Even a paranoid can have enemies.” —Kissinger
“Enemies promises were made to be broken.” —Aesop
“Become great and vanquish all the enemies.” —Vedaur
“A person is his own worst enemy.” —Unknown
“Even a paranoid has some real enemies.” —Kissinger
“Keep your enemies in front of you.” —Matthews
“No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.” —Goethe
“Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.” —Proverb Proverbs
“Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake.” —Proverb
“Speak well of your enemies… you made them.” —Unknown
“Our views differ, but we are not enemies.” —Milinkevich
“False friends are worse than bitter enemies.” —Proverb Proverbs
“Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.” —Herbert
“The person who builds a character makes foes.” —Young
“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” —Wilde
“He who has three enemies must agree with two.” —Proverb
“Better fifty enemies outside the house than one within.” —Sayings
“It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.” —Syrus
“There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.” —Proverb
“If you would be revenged of your enemy, govern yourself.” —Franklin
“For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.” —Sterne
“How many enemies can you make in that much time?” —Observer
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won’t.” —Patton
“It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.” —Syrus
“Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.” —Proverbs Insults
“A man’s greatness can be measured by his enemies.” —Piatt Greatness
“If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.” —Unknown
“Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.” —Fallows
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” —Wilde
“For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.” —Sterne Irish Novelist
“He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.” —Proverbs
“A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.” —Proverb
“Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.” —Proverbs
“Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.” —Carrel French Scientist
“The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.” —Morley
“Enemies’ gifts are no gifts and do no good.” —Sophocles Greek Poet
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” —Bonaparte French Leader
“There is another Motley Crue band out of Connecticut. We’re arch enemies.” —Miller
“The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.” —Proverbs
“It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose.” —Merrick
“Pick your enemies carefully or you’ll never make it in Los Angeles.” —Barrett
“I make sure everybody die , when we ride on your enemies.” —Shakur
“It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” —Kempton
Enemies Quotes and Sayings
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” —Einstein Category: Authority Enemies
“Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.” —Einstein
“I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.” —Franklin
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” —Proverb Proverbs
“We just have to start doing things right. Essentially, we’re our worst enemies.” —Smith
“The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.” —Proverbs Proverbs
“How joyful the Israelis are these days, … The only winners are our enemies.” —Qorei
“I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.” —Maxwell
“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.” —Hazlitt English Critic
“Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner” —Sr.
“We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.” —Disraeli
“We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” —King
“They made peace between us; we embraced, and we have been mortal enemies ever since.” —Lesage
“As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.” —Nixon
“Kinder the enemy who must malign us than the smug friend who will define us.” —Wickham
“We’re fighting the two biggest enemies of the IPO market right now, uncertainty and volatility.” —Menlow
“The (real) enemies are those occupiers who have set themselves up in Iraq, particularly Britain.” —Elham
“Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.” —Rochefoucauld
“There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.” —Euripides Luck
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.” —Heller
“Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.” —Goethe
“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.” —Kissinger
“One should not lift the rod against our enemies upon the private information of another.” —Hitopadesa Punishment
“The main doctrine of a fanatic’s creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God.” —White
“Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.” —Hubbard
“A President is best judged by the enemies he makes when he has really hit his stride.” —Lerner
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” —Calcutta
“The scientific name for an animal that doesn’t either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.” —Friedman
“And we looked out to see your enemies and we see that you’re looking at us instead.” —Williams
“When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.” —Tse-Tung
“The leader who cares for his subject cannot be vanquished even if all his enemies become united.” —Veda
“I thank you for defying him. You have gone against the grain of some of Zimbabwe’s enemies.” —Mugabe
“I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won’t.” —McCain
“Not all things have to be scrutinized, nor all friends tested, not all enemies exposed and denounced.” —Proverb
“He’s a guy who wouldn’t have any enemies like that, not at this point in his life.” —Brown
“Member States are their own worst enemies once they leave Brussels and return to their national capitals.” —Watson
“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” —Hoffer
“Mountains interposed / Make enemies of nations, who had else, / Like kindred drops, been mingled into one.” —Cowper
“[President Robert Mugabe ‘s government has attacked the suspense thriller] The Interpreter, … Zimbabwe’s enemies did not rest.” —Kidman
“I personally am waiting to celebrate. I have my fingers crossed. Sharon was one of our biggest enemies.” —Abir
“We also shift our tactics, we also shift our intelligence and our operational forces to combat the enemies.” —Yonts
“He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy’s life.” —Nietzsche
“The enemies of Iraq [who] are carrying out aggressive acts to get Iraq back to the old days.” —Allawi
“Enshrine the Feet of the Guru within your heart; your pains, enemies and bad luck shall be destroyed.” —Veda
“Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.” —Trotsky Russian Revolutionary
“People wish their enemies dead, but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!” —Montagu
“The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies.” —Danton
“We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.” —Hunter
“No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.” —Bates
“This is an escalation that we have been expecting, the government of Iraq is determined to confront the enemies.” —Allawi
“Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow.” —Gyatso
“To conquer [our enemies] we must dare, and dare again, and dare for ever; and thus will France be saved.” —Danton
“We can tolerate our past enemies but can never forget them, therefore we must have a correct understanding of history.” —Chan
“In today’s rapidly changing and volatile world, the United States must stay at least one step ahead of our enemies.” —Pryor
“The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.” —Nicolson British Diplomat
“You are entangled in association with your enemies, and the enjoyment of pleasures; your soul is burning up with them.” —Sahib
“We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.” —James English Novelist
“The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue.” —Tse-Tung
“If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, ‘You are wrong.’ This method works every time.” —Link
“An enthusiastic person is brave and hence he always remains unharmed by his enemies as they are scared of him.” —Veda
“I think you’re battling common enemies that a lot of other communities are. It’s occurring in a lot of Midwest communities.” —Warren
“It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.” —Bulwer-Lytton
“Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.” —Fowler
“When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.” —Jonson
“I don’t sense he’s made any enemies. By and large, he’s well-liked. People are glad that the problems are getting fixed.” —Ploss
“Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies, and easily discount / dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies.” —Kurzweil
“Agitated in their minds, their sight, their hearts, the enemies shall run, frightened with terror, when our oblation has been offered!” —Veda
“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.” —Rochefoucauld
“I don’t have a warm personal enemy left. They’ve all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.” —Luce
“He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.” —Emerson
“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.” —Shearer
“Enemies think that by … threatening us, launching psychological warfare or … imposing embargoes can dissuade our nation to obtain nuclear technology.” —Ahmadinejad
“It is important that we have people with integrity there. And I think even my enemies’ credit me with having integrity.” —Fowler Integrity
“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.” —Cicero
“If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.” —Cicero
“The whirring of the bowstring and the drums shall shout at the directions where the conquered armies of the enemies go in successive ranks!” —Veda
“Conquer your enemies and enjoy a prosperous kingdom. All these [warriors] have already been destroyed by Me. You are only an instrument, O Arjuna.” —Gita
“Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.” —Goldsmith Irish Poet
“It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.” —King
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” —Longfellow
“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
“No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.” —Francis Italian Saint
“Our enemies are preparing to strike us now, and the longer we wait to move decisively, the greater the advantages and opportunities they have to harm us.” —Fetchet
“Here is a radical and reforming commissioner making major changes to the police who has many enemies in there, who really don’t want to see those changes.” —Livingstone
“The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.” —Coffin
“His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.” —Smith Silence
“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
“That is the reward of the enemies of Allah– the fire; for them therein shall be the house of long abiding; a reward for their denying our communications.” —quran
“To make changes you have to make some enemies, but you also have to be careful not to make too many enemies. He made far too many enemies.” —Pinker
“They (the enemies) shall float down like a boat cut loose from its moorings! There is no returning again for those who have been struck by our missiles.” —Veda
“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.” —Twain
“Truth is condemned as a trap; justice is jeered at; saints are harassed as social enemies. Hence this Incarnation has come to uphold the Truth and suppress the False.” —Baba
“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
“I’m sure it would be fun annihilating all my enemies too. I’m not really drawn to that, but as a character I can see it being a lot of fun.” —Brody
“It seems that this young man was interested in hurting people, possibly the U.S. or enemies of Islam, but I have not seen any evidence that he actually did anything.” —Clabaugh
“If they find you, they will be your enemies, and will stretch forth towards you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they ardently desire that you may disbelieve.” —Quran
“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 Category: Brave Enemies
“It may be that Allah will bring about friendship between you and those whom you hold to be your enemies among them; and Allah is Powerful; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” —Quran
“You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.” —Flaubert French Novelist
“An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, “He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.” —Emerson
“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.” —West
“In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.” —Swetchine Russian Author
“When it pleases you, we wield the sword, and cut off the heads of our enemies. When it pleases you, we go out to foreign lands; hearing news of home, we come back again.” —Sahib
“Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies . . . I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.” —Wilson
“Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but – more frequently than not – struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.” —Luther
“The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.” —Khan
“I think it’s probably to do with the fact that the industry itself has some enemies, kind of neo-prohibitionists. There’s always someone trying to basically put us out of business or increase our excise taxes or whatever.” —Hancock
“If you vote for this amendment, you will be seen to have voted for maximizing the chances of the enemies of reform to prevail against the wishes of the Senate and the will of the American people.” —Feingold
“If that’s what he wanted, I’d give it to him in spades. I wasn’t going to write about it. I got enough enemies, right? Theres enough people who dont like me. Im not going to go into this.” —Fonda
“In this fight I have the most intolerant and vindictive enemies I have ever met and I have the largest majority on my side I have ever had and I am discussing the greatest issue I have ever discussed.” —Bryan
“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.” —Dumas
“I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.” —Proverb
“He’s not afraid to not conform . . . and that can upset people, so it’s pretty correct [that there’s two clear schools of thought on Connolly]. He would have his enemies, but he’d have a lot of supporters as well.” —Wilson
“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
“It’s a professional sport. We play here together, but for two weeks we’re going to be enemies. We’re going to compete for a medal in the Olympics. That’s going to be a little weird, but obviously, we’ve done it before. We’re used to it.” —Rucinsky
“Anyone who makes enemies with his own nation and compatriots is bound to eat his own bitter fruit. Anyone who disregards the people’s well-being, and behaves in a perverse manner in the relations between Taiwan and the mainland eventually will hurt the interests of the Taiwan compatriots.” —Weiyi
“The enemies of the state will always test a new threshold of destabilization but they will never dent the rock steady foundations of our constitutional democracy. We leave to our law enforcers and the criminal justice system the task of meeting the residual threats posed by the remnants of the failed conspiracy.” —Bunye
“He’s made some enemies in this clubhouse, for good or for bad. What I’ve learned in the four years is I don’t take anything personally anymore. I respect the attention I get, and understand the scrutiny I’m under. I accept it and I’ll go with it and take that responsibility and go out and pitch this year.” —Prior
“So don’t let money tell you who you are. Don’t let power tell you who you are. Don’t let enemies and — for God’s sake — don’t let your sins tell you who you are. Don’t prove yourself. That’s taken care of. All we have to do is express ourselves. It’s difficult, but we’re a lot more alive in pain than in complacency.” —Coffin
“Unlike some chiefs of staff, he’s made few enemies because he’s such a nice guy. John Sununu (chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush) couldn’t let anyone see the president unless he was in the room. Andy will bring everybody into the room to air their thoughts to the president. He doesn’t keep people out for the sake of keeping people out.” —Fleischer
“It was a remarkably quick turn around with our relationships with Japan. Within two to three years we were rebuilding landing strips at airports that we had bombed a few months before. We forged what has been an enduring alliance with Japan. We went from them going from being one of our bitterest enemies to them being our ally. It was interesting how that was accomplished in almost no time at all.” —Wilson Relationships
“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
“If a square peg doesnt fit a round hole, neither the peg nor the hole is to blame. Between two people, the question “whose fault is it?” is the friend of argumentation and the destroyer of growth-oriented communication. Assigning blame involves listening to criticize and responding to defend, speaking to lower the other person rather than speaking to build each up. Relational progress is impossible as long as blame is the focus because blame and progress are enemies. In our litigation-hungry society we must take care that focusing on fault – which is proper for the courtroom – doesnt carry over into interpersonal relationships. The heart of loving communication is listening to understand.” —Bryant Courtroom