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Quotes About Enemy

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
~ Joseph Conrad
The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dulness of exhausted emotion.
~ Joseph Conrad
Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by the civilized man.
~ Joseph Conrad
The danger, when not seen, has the imperfect vagueness of human thought. The fear grows shadowy; and Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors, unstimulated, sinks to rest in the dullness of exhausted emotion.
~ Joseph Conrad
Imagination, the enemy of men, the father of all terrors.
~ Joseph Conrad
General Pershing now had what he wanted: proof that the AEF was the equal of its allies and the enemy. British generals, however, were less than awed by the American success at Saint-Mihiel. Since the Germans had intended to abandon the salient anyway, the Yanks, as one Briton put it, had not so much defeated the Germans as relieved them.
~ Joseph E. Persico
I have no parents I make the heavens and earth my parents I have no home I make awareness my home I have no life or death I make the tides of breathing my life and death I have no divine power I make honesty my divine power I have no friends I make my mind my friend I have no enemy I make carelessness my enemy I have no armor I make benevolence my armor I have no castle I make immovable-mind my castle I have no sword I make absence of self my sword.
~ Joseph Goldstein
The enemy, retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on, and that includes Colonel Cathcart. And don't you forget that, because the longer you remember it, the longer you might live.
~ Joseph Heller
General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they'll make a good impression on the enemy when they're shot down.
~ Joseph Heller
The enemy, retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on
~ Joseph Heller
And whom do I call my enemy? An enemy must be worthy of engagement. I turn in the direction of the sun and keep walking I't the heart that asks the question, not my furious mind. The heart is the smaller cousin of the sun. It sees and knows everything. It hears the gnashing even as it hears the blessing. The door to the mind should open from the heart. An enemy who gets in risks the danger of becoming a friend.
~ Joy Harjo
The door to the mind should only open from the heart. An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.
~ Joy Harjo
Fear makes you feel surrounded by an enemy. Faith makes you realize you are surrounded by God.
~ Joyce Meyer
As we look then at these two powerful tools of the enemy, we see that doubt causes a person to waver between two opinions, whereas unbelief leads to disobedience. I
~ Joyce Meyer
If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head. Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. (Romans 12:20–21)
~ Joyce Meyer
Thus, so far we have seen that: We are engaged in a war. Our enemy is Satan. The mind is the battlefield. The devil works diligently to set up strongholds in our mind. He does it through strategy and deceit (through well-laid plans and deliberate deception). He is in no hurry; he takes his time to work out his plan.
~ Joyce Meyer
God can give us words of comfort or direction, and we can be very excited, filled with faith, feeling bold and able to conquer the enemy.
~ Joyce Meyer
being afraid does not change the experiences the enemy uses to make us afraid. Fear will never make circumstances better, but it will rob us of our strength to deal with them and of our ability to think clearly in the midst of them.
~ Joyce Meyer
When Satan attacks, we should immediately begin to use our spiritual weapons—praising and worshipping God, praying, and standing on the truth of God's Word. When the enemy speaks lies, we should speak truth. When he tries to separate us from God, we should draw near to Him.
~ Joyce Meyer
The Bible says our warfare is with the devil, not with people (Ephesians 6:12).
~ Joyce Meyer
When we keep our eyes on God, stand firm in faith, continue to worship, and continue to believe and speak God's Word, we will see the enemy's plans for evil in our lives work out for our good. When
~ Joyce Meyer
I meant," Jenny said, her eyes filled with ire, plunking her hands on her slim hips, "if I were your daughter, and your sworn enemy kidnapped me, how would you want me to behave?
~ Judith McNaught
according to the teachings of Islam, war is to be waged not against the enemy but against the aggressor. (p. 49)
~ Wahiduddin Khan
It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints.
~ Wallace Stegner