Quotes About Adversaries

Say this to yourself in the morning: Today I shall have to do with meddlers, with the ungrateful, with the insolent, with the crafty, with the envious and the selfish.

The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.

The secret, Reagan's secret, is to listen, to value what you hear, and then to make a decision even if it contradicts the very people you are listening to. Reagan impressed his advisers, his adversaries, and his voters by actively listening. People want to be sure you heard what they said—they're less focused on whether or not you do what they said.

It was a basic tenet of faith with men of Ranulf's class that a knight, trained in the ways of war since boyhood, could easily vanquish lesser foes, as much a belief in the superiority of blood and breeding as in the benefits of battle lore and killing competence. Ranulf had accepted this comforting conviction, too, but no one seemed to have told his assailants that they were inferior adversaries.

Are you always this random? (Jericho) Mostly. It really irritates Noir. Which is just an added bonus for me. At least so long as I can outrun him. (Asmodeus) Add me to that list of people you annoy. (Jericho) Oh. You're not going to singe my testicles over it, are you?! (Asmodeus) No plans to. (Jericho) Good. We can be friends, then. (Asmodeus)

He also chooses his enemies.

There was a whole army of people who seemed not to have anything better to do than to try to disrupt her life, and , if they were given the opportunity, to correct the way she had chosen to live it.

I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself

Awake, awake, you that sleep. Open your eyes, stand on your feet, and behold and see what a sea of blood and wrath is here!" See and believe; believe and consider; consider and fear; fear and fly; and make haste in your work. Your work is great and mighty; diversions are many; adversaries are strong; your strength is small; your time is short; your account is great. Death and judgment are at the door. Therefore, up and be doing, now or never.

God is jealous, and the Lord avenges;     The Lord avenges and is furious.     The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,     And He reserves wrath for His enemies. (NAHUM 1:2)

How to Win a Fight - Step 1: Always make eye contact. Step 2: Go ahead and use henchmen - these days it's unnecessary and frowned upon to fight your own battles, especially with so many henchmen out of work. Step 3: Run lots of attack ads - I have run about 500 attack ads this year, and I expect that I will buy even more air time next year, because my enemies are getting stronger.

The most important one was the belief, which went back to Lenin, that capitalists would never be able to cooperate with one another for very long. Their inherent greediness—the irresistible urge to place profits above politics—would sooner or later prevail, leaving communists with the need only for patience as they awaited their adversaries' self-destruction.

It seems poetic that the strength of our enemies be made to serve us.

Because to outwit your rivals, first you had to know their ways and how to play their games.

The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.

La guerra de Lorenzo Falcó era otra, y en ella los bandos estaban perfectamente claros: de una parte él, y de la otra todos los demás.

Men's weaknesses and faults are best known from their enemies.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

I've guarded a lot of people.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

Intelligence collection is not confined to the communications of adversaries or of the guilty. Rather, it's about gaining information otherwise unavailable that would help keep Americans safe and free.

I've fought guys that I like. When you're fighting a guy that you don't like, you have to be able to separate certain aspects of it.

But the action film genre is gonna have to come up with some new bad guys.

I have a bad habit of fighting to the level of my competition.