Quotes About Adversaries

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

Competence As many cases show, a police officer without an understanding of people will not deal competently with conflict, while one who has it can calm adversaries and ease tension.

Though this guard is natural to them, yet they vary every moment, to perplex their adversaries,

You never knew what shape your enemies would take." from the book -- Black Gold of the Sun

Forse dovresti imparare a capire chi sono gli amici e chi i nemici.

Si me veo expuesta a los lagartos, combatiré contra los lagartos. Si me veo expuesta a las hormigas, combatiré contra las hormigas. Si me veo expuesta a los ladrones, combatiré contra los ladrones. Si me veo expuesta a mí misma, lucharé contra mí.

Observe your enemies for they first find out your faults.

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls

Gli amici vanno e vengono, i nemici si accumulano.

You need to be aware of the qualities of every striker you face, as I always am, but sometimes you need to be smart and more than 100% ready for anything.

I'm getting better as a quarterback. A lot of that is an understanding of the game, of myself, of who I'm playing against.

Look at the guys I've fought. Anderson Silva. Lyoto Machida. Vitor Belfort. All those guys are much quicker than Luke Rockhold and I did just fine.

We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies.

The bad guys have way more fun, in my opinion. 'Bad guys' in quotes.

The generational change in our government should not give hope to the adversaries of the revolution. We are continuity, not a rupture.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.

Fafhrd, his back to a great oak, had his broadsword out and was holding off two of Rannarsh's henchmen, who were attacking with their shorter weapons. It was a tight spot and the Northerner realized it. He knew that ancient sagas told of heroes who could best four or more men at swordplay. He also knew that such sagas were lies, providing that the hero's opponents were reasonably competent.

It doesn't matter who you play against in midfield, you need to try to come out on top and more often than not when a team wins a midfield battle they normally have a good chance of winning the game because that's where a lot of the play goes through.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

I like quoting 'Lord of the Rings': 'My list of allies grows thin! My list of enemies grows long!'

The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.