Quotes About Foe

I know war as few men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

The highest courage is not to be found in the instinctive acts of men who risk their lives to save a friend or slay a foe; the physical fearlessness of a moment or an hour is not to be compared with immolation of months or years for the sake of wisdom or art.

Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy.

None but yourself who are your greatest foe.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him.

Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.

If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue.

Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.

Bring war material with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

You just remember who the enemy is,

Mitt Romney had it right in 2012 when he told President Barack Obama that Russia was 'without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.'

In short, Europe and the world were on the brink of a catastrophic war because neither friend nor foe believed that Britain and France had national honor.

Never assume the enemy is down and then turn your back on him. You will pay for it with your life.

Time after time, as I and my fellow generals saw that our strategies weren't working, we failed to reconsider our basic assumptions. We failed to question our flawed understanding of our foe or ourselves . . . In the end, all the courage and skill in the world could not overcome ignorance and arrogance. As a general, I got it wrong. And I did so in company with my peers.

For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still

Never wound a foe when you can kill him

My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

Never wound a foe when you can kill him. Dead men don't claim vengeance.

In a swordfight, a man's surest defense is the swift stroke that slays his foe, not cringing behind a shield.

Seasoned killers all, thought Selmy, but it is one thing to face a foe in the pit when his coming is heralded by horns and drums and another to find a hidden killer before he can strike.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."