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Quotes About Enemy

Fate and victory shift ... now this way, now that way -- like a line of unarmored men under a hail of enemy arrows.
~ Dan Simmons
This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable, because he is the enemy of our existing institutions
~ Donald E. Williams, Jr.
The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.
~ George Washington
I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.
~ Clarence Darrow
In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.
~ Francis Bacon
The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.
~ Abraham Lincoln
What is man's chief enemy? Each man is his own.
~ Anacharsis Cloots
A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.
~ Bernard Cornwell
And then, for an old man like me, it's not exactly right,This kind o' playing soldier with no enemy in sight.
~ Bret Harte
There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.
~ Cesare Pavese
Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.
~ Cormac McCarthy
And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our adversary. The Navy is the enemy.
~ David Frum
There is no more foul or relentless enemy of man in the occult world than this dead-alive creature spewed up from the grave.
~ Guy Endore
Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Solitude, the sly enemy that doth separate a man from well-doing.
~ Philip Sidney
Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.
~ Isaac Asimov
If you are not willing to serve God in the abundance that He has given you, then you will have to serve your enemy in hunger
~ Sunday Adelaja
We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.
~ Matthieu Ricard
The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.
~ Paulo Coelho
Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse.
~ Swami Vivekananda
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.
~ Masaaki Hatsumi
Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy—love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.
~ Ruta Sepetys