Enemy quotes

“A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.” Lois McMaster Bujold

“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.” Isaac Newton

“Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none.” Benjamin Franklin

“Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.” Ray Bradbury

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” Nelson Mandela

“The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense.” Pablo Picasso

“In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.” Dalai Lama

“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.” Thomas Jefferson

“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.” Franklin Roosevelt

“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.” Buddha

“The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.” Aldous Huxley

“The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“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.” Aesop

“No enemy is worse than bad advice.” Sophocles

“But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.” Sophocles

“You can learn from anyone even your enemy.” Ovid

“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.” William Shakespeare

“What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.” William Shakespeare

“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.” Jean de La Fontaine

“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.” Jean de La Fontaine

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Winston Churchill

“The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.” Winston Churchill

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“A friend is nothing but a known enemy.” Kurt Cobain

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.” Helen Keller

“Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.” Warren Buffett

“Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.” Warren Buffett

“The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.” William James