Enemy Quotes - Page 102

Now, about that mulatto teacher and me. There was no love there for each other. There was not even respect. We were enemies if anything. He hated me, and I knew it, and he knew I knew it. I didn't like him, but I needed him, needed him to tell me something that none of the others could or would.

Another nation is made out to be utterly depraved and fiendish, while one's own nation stands for everything that is good and noble. Every action of the enemy is judged by one standard - every action of oneself by another. Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals, which they serve.

To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for him.

Scientists are the enemies of tradition , and tradition own all the prisons. - Victor Vigny

It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we" with a certain inflection of assurance, to hear him invoke "others" and regard himself as their interpreter - for me to consider him my enemy.

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.

Security is mortal's chiefest enemy.

Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor - never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.

There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last

There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks.

Fretting grief the enemy of life.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your friend.

A conquered foe should be watched.

If those are your friends, you've got no need for enemies.

A writer of books has to admit that film is the enemy, and that in my case I have been sleeping with the enemy.

People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.

From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free or protect your buddy, one of the most noble things you can do is kill the enemy.

The U.S. should stop garrisoning the globe, subsidizing rich friends, and reconstructing poor enemies. Instead, it's about time Washington focused on defending America and its people.

People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made.

The scope of our cybersecurity problem is enormous. Our government, our businesses, our trade secrets and our citizens' most sensitive information are all facing constant cyberattacks and reviews by the enemy.

It's not enough to hate your enemy. You have to understand how the two of you bring each other to deep completion.

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.