I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
AristotleYou have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something sometime in your life.
Winston ChurchillAm I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Abraham LincolnSince it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
C. S. LewisA wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.
Maya AngelouForgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. KennedyThe great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston ChurchillA man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms, whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.
Francis BaconBetter is the enemy of good.
VoltaireIt is lamentable that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
VoltaireMoney is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh, there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.
Samuel ButlerIn the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Dalai LamaIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
Sun TzuIf we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.
Sun TzuConcentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald ReaganHence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself your victory will not stand in doubt, if you now Heaven and you know Earth you may make your victory complete.
Sun TzuI choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar WildeIf ignorant, both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
Sun TzuNo one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Francis of AssisiIf you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
Sun TzuHe who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
Sun TzuIn taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over he is superior.
Francis BaconKnow thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
Sun TzuI 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 DavisNever yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston ChurchillHe that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression, for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas PaineA man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar WildeNo enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
Niccolo MachiavelliIn the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact, to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
Sun TzuEnemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
SophoclesNo battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
Colin PowellIf we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles criminals enemies or capitalists for the same reasons.
C. S. LewisHe is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
SocratesNever interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon BonaparteNo enemy is worse than bad advice.
SophoclesWhen we turn to one another for counsel, we reduce the number of our enemies.
Kahlil Gibran'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
William ShakespeareIf there be no enemy, there's no fight. If no fight, no victory, and if no victory there is no crown.
Thomas CarlyleI am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.
Chuck PalahniukA distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate.
Emile M. CioranA man who was completely innocent offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
Mahatma GandhiAnger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma GandhiNo, I'm no enemy to learning, it hurts not me.
William CongreveNo one will ever win the battle of the sexes, there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
Henry A. KissingerNo matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
Winston ChurchillIt is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
Thomas PaineConformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
John F. KennedyEvery man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.
Henry MillerAn enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
Thomas JeffersonDesire is the worst enemy, it ruins many a human life. Desire, when fulfilled, breeds further desire.
Sai BabaAnger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mahatma GandhiA common danger unites even the bitterest enemies
AristotlePretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Sun TzuThe antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
AristotleKnow your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
Sun TzuI'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
Hedy LamarrIf Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James MadisonHe is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy, whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude
AristotleI tell thee be not rash, a golden bridge Is for a flying enemy.
Lord ByronHeat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.
William ShakespeareExperience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves, than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George WashingtonFor them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
Sun TzuConservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Mitt RomneyWhat man defy the devil. Consider he's an enemy to mankind.
William ShakespeareBarack Obama's enemies are the people who make this country work. Barack Obama's enemies are those who succeed. Those are the people whose income he wants to redistribute. Those are the people whose income he wants to take using the power and the force of the federal government to do it.
Rush LimbaughIt is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
Sun Tzu