Enemy Quotes

“Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.”
― Sabaa Tahir, An Ember in the Ashes

“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.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.”
― Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“If you truly want to know a person, talk to their enemies.”
― Jamie Leanne Gaines

“A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways.”
― John le Carré, Our Game

“As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me.
-Captain Tagon”
― Howard Tayler, Emperor Pius Dei

“But inevitably, when I can't harm the people who harmed me, I just end up harming the people who love me. So maybe retaliation or holding on to anger about the harm done to me doesn't actually combat evil. Maybe it feeds it. In the end, if we're not careful, we can actually absorb the worst of our enemy and on some level even become them.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

“The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.”
― Frank Delaney, The Matchmaker of Kenmare

“An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.”
― David Gemmell, Echoes of the Great Song

“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.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.”
― Joseph Bruchac, Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

“Never slay your enemies!
Take advantage of them all!”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Some one dear to one can be loved with human love; but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Even though he's my enemy I don't know anything about him.
Am I afraid to know about him?
Do I want to think of him as a monster rather than a human being? (Sarsa, Basara, Vol. 13)”
― Yumi Tamura, Basara, Vol. 13

“Maxim 9:
Never turn your back on an enemy.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
― Howard Tayler

“When two wise men are blaming one another,
then time has come for you to be the third one.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Stamp, your name is to be Laura. I'm sharing my name with you. I'm putting my power into you and you must do my work. Don't listen to anyone but me. You are to be my command laid on my enemy. you'll make a hole in him through which he'll drip away until he runs dry. As he drips out darkness, we'll smile together, me inside, you outside. We'll crush him between our smiles.”
― Margaret Mahy, The Changeover

“Indifference was our greatest enemy.”
― Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human

“E nevoie de un dușman ca să-i dai poporului o speranță. Cineva a spus că patriotismul e ultimul refugiu al canaliilor: cine nu are principii morale se înfășoară de obicei într-un steag, iar bastarzii fac întotdeauna apel la puritatea stirpei lor. Identitatea națională este ultima resursă a dezmoșteniților. Or, simțul identității se întemeiază pe ură, ura împotriva celui ce nu-i identic. Trebuie să cultivi ura ca patos cetățenesc. Dușmanul e prietenul popoarelor. E nevoie oricând de cineva demn de a fi urât ca să te simți justificat în propria-ți mizerie. Ura este adevărata pasiune primordială. Iubirea reprezintă o situație anormală.”
― Umberto Eco, Il cimitero di Praga

“Nobody me without my enemy.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“It is good to know one's enemy.
It is better to know one's self.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“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.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Enemies disguise as friends and friends as enemies.”
― Soman Chainani, Quests for Glory

“Onze boosaardige aartsvijand had de concentratieboog van een peuter die hyper was van de suiker.”
― Shanna Swendson, Once Upon Stilettos

“Greet each man with peace, and leave each man with love. Ask yourself - One more enemy, or one more dove?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“We meet again, merchant. Your dedication to thwarting my plans would be admirable if it were not so annoying.”
― Chelsea Abdullah, The Ashfire King

“Mastery is a journey, and mastery without progress is impossible. So it follows that: inaction is the enemy of greatness.”
― Jen Fraser, CopyCat: How to Escape Status Quo Thinking and Lead the Field

“The greatest enemy one can have is being an enemy to oneself by stunting progress and refusing discipline that unlocks potential.”
― Okechukwu Augustus

“I hope you understand I'm a serious person, and I'm not your friend. I'm not your enemy, either, though I have been your opponent. I'm very good at what I do. Good enough that you want to be straight with me. Good enough that if we end up enemies, it should worry you.”
― Cory Doctorow, Walkaway

“If two evils are fighting each other, would you want one of them to win? No, you would want both of them to be defeated!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan