Enemy Quotes - Page 76

It is a cruel thought, that, when we feel ourselves standing on the firmest ground in every respect, the cursed arts of our secret enemies, combining with other causes, should effect, by depreciating our money, what the open arms of a powerful enemy could not.

Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in the hour of danger, and awakens to deeds of renown. The terrors of persecution only serve to quicken the energy of its purposes. It swells in proud integrity, and, great in the purity of its cause, it can scatter defiance amidst hosts of enemies.

Many-have too rashly charged the troops of error, and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.

Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses.

The most dangerous enemy in the world is the one you do not recognize.

Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst enemies would agree that if you had to liken Ankh-Morpork to anything, then it might as well be a piece of rubbish covered with the diseased secretions of a dying mollusc.

Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.

May God be with you and the Devil be crushed underfoot as you march for Peace on the skulls of our enemies, for goodwill, security, and a quality of life that comes only with Democracy

Time is truly the great enemy. It's not the great healer, it's the great stealer.

The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the second shuns reason entirely — which is why superstition is not the ally, but the enemy, of true religion.

Ally." Peeta says the words slowly, tasting it. "Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out. The problem is, I can't tell what's real anymore, and what's made up.

From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for your coming, and you fail to defeat him, then, return being impossible, disaster will ensue.

Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only if it is weakly garrisoned.

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

I am not anyone's enemy.

There is an enemy. There is an intelligent, active, malign force working against us. Step one is to recognize this. This recognition alone is enormously powerful. It saved my life, and it will save yours.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace - the thousand pictures.

Love your enemy. It will not only puzzle him, But finally illumine him.

One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

A man who makes no enemies is never a positive force.

Show no fear to your enemies. Only contempt. Never let anyone look down on you. You're just as good as any of them. I don't care who they are. Better in fact. In our world, Dagans are royalty and you, my son, are a prince.