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Quotes About Enemy

Ameresti il tuo nemico, ameresti il tuo nemico, io lo sto già facendo pare sia il mio hobby preferito! "La bella e la bestia
~ Charlotte
Ameresti il tuo nemico? Io lo sto già facendo, sembra sia il mio sbaglio preferito!
~ Charlotte
I charge you, on your duty to God and to your father, that you keep up no feud, no hatred, but rather that you should deem me best revenged, when you have with heart and hand, given the fullest proof of forgiveness to your enemy.
~ Charlotte Mary Yonge
On se réconcilie avec un ennemi qui nous est inférieur pour les qualités du coeur ou de l'esprit ; on ne pardonne jamais à celui qui nous surpasse par l'âme et le génie.
~ Chateaubriand
He acquired a reputation for savage brutality unique even in that savage, brutal age, his most famous act being the simultaneous execution of thirty thousand captive enemy soldiers by impalement, i.e., a stake driven up through the anus and out the mouth. He was not a nice fellow.
~ Chet Williamson
Ancient oceanic proverb: The enemy of my anemone is my frenanemone.
~ Author unknown, c.2015
Military operations alone cannot defeat an insurgency because only economic development and political action can address most sources of disaffection. If military operations are not conducted consistent with political objectives or occur without economic development, they are certain to alienate the population further, reduce the amount of intelligence available to [...] security forces, and strengthen rather than weaken the enemy.
~ H.R. McMaster
Dere må kjenne deres fiender! Dere skal være klar over at Synden er den farligste fienden! Og dere må aldri be Synden hjem til dere! Be aldri Synden på middag! IKKE ENGANG SPANDER EN KOPP KAFFE PÅ SYNDEN?!»
~ Hallgrimur Helgason
Up from behind a sand dune close beside her rose the form of her enemy Bitterness. He did not come any nearer, having learned a little more prudence, and was not going to make her call for the Shepherd if he could avoid it, but simply stood and looked at her and laughed and laughed again, the bitterest sound that Much-Afraid had heard in all her life.
~ Hannah Hurnard
Großmütig darf man nur zu einem großmütigen Feind sein, ein kleinlicher Feind hält Großmut immer für Schwäche.
~ Hans Fallada
God does not only oppose the enemy of the divine from an external or superior standpoint, but also does the unthinkable: he exposes himself to Satan's fascination, in order to burst the dazzling bubble from within.
~ Hans Urs von Balthasar
From that visit I took away one lesson: Death is the price you pay for underestimating this tenacious enemy.
~ Harold G. Moore
No, no, no!" said Tom, holding her small hands, which were clenched with spasmodic violence. "No, ye poor, lost soul, that ye mustn't do. The dear, blessed Lord never shed no blood but his own, and that he poured out for us when we was enemies. Lord, help us to follow his steps, and love our enemies.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenseless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her advantage.
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
In Georgia to suspect was to believe, and the only hand you could really trust was that of your enemy because you knew it held a dagger.
~ Harrison E. Salisbury
Doors only lock, Because enemy within scares more than outside
~ Harry Houdini
For the sorry truth is that in this most pragmatic land, the purist is generally his own worst enemy.
~ Harry Stein
No wire with teeth reached out to trap him for enemy guns. The soldiers who marched with him had seen too much war to make a lot of unnecessary noise, but they grinned and checked their rifles. They knew what they were gaining here.
~ Harry Turtledove
Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.
~ Lawrence Durrell
La destrucción de las fuerzas armadas del enemigo era un medio para conseguir un fin,
~ Lawrence Freedman
always show confidence, for you can see your own troubles but you cannot see those facing your enemy.12
~ Lawrence Freedman
A dead man is the worst enemy alive ... 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.
~ le carre john iii
The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.
~ learner tobsha ii
Our first task therefore is to try to grasp what the concept of the enemy really means. The enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the enemy always hates us for a reason, it is his reason and not ours. He does not hate us for our faults any more than for our virtues. He sees a different world from ours, and in the world he sees, we are his enemy. This is hard for us to comprehend, but we must if we are to grasp what the concept of the enemy means.
~ Lee Harris