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Quotes About Adversary

I don't underestimate anybody and I think Morales is capable of giving a good fight.
~ Marcos Maidana
You must never underestimate your opposition.
~ John Scarlett
The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.
~ Frederica Mathewes-Green
Today, death is your opponent.
~ Compton Gage
If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.
~ Sherwood Smith, Crown Duel
As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.
~ James Carville
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
~ William Shakespeare
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
~ Josh Billings
No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.
~ John Milton
Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.
~ Thomas Browne
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.
~ Eugene V. Debs
No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.
~ Terry Goodkind
There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion.
~ Terry Goodkind
we cannot ignore the enemy of our souls, but neither should we lavish attention on him.
~ Terry Law
The moment we give into temptation, Satan immediately changes his strategy and becomes the accuser. Thomas Brooks
~ Thomas Brooks
Every show needs a jerk. I guess I'm that guy.
~ Adrian Pasdar
Every character needs an adversary - one who is both challenging and a contrast for the hero. The best adversaries reveal something about the character they're contrasting.
~ Greg Rucka
When you fight someone, it's different. It's a lot of conflict that you can have. Once you fought somebody, that's it. There's not much to it anymore. You went in there, you settled it like men, one on one, and that's it. After that, I don't think there's really a point to kind of carry it with you, any of that negativity.
~ Artem Lobov
You never forget your greatest foe.
~ Terrell Suggs
Atletico is a rival who will never give up.
~ Ernesto Valverde
Um inimigo astuto escolhe a altura e o campo. Quanto mais ela gostar de ti, mais forte é o golpe. Afinal de contas, o caminho mais seguro até à alma passa pelo coração.
~ Nora Roberts
They had too many rules, and they were in a war against an enemy who had none.
~ Vince Flynn
Everybody loves a villain.
~ Laura Ruby