Enemy
Quotes - Never turn your back on an enemy.
“Kill
every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending
to be dead.”
―
Joseph Bruchac, Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
“Someone
dear to one can be loved with human love; but an enemy can only be loved with
divine love.”
―
Leo Tolstoy
“Even
though he's my enemy I don't know anything about him.
Am I
afraid to know about him?
Do I
want to think of him as a monster rather than a human being? (Sarsa, Basara,
Vol. 13)”
―
Yumi Tamura, Basara, Vol. 13
“Maxim
9:
Never
turn your back on an enemy.
-The
Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
―
Howard Tayler
“When
two wise men are blaming one another,
then
time has come for you to be the third one.”
―
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
“Stamp,
your name is to be Laura. I'm sharing my name with you. I'm putting my power
into you and you must do my work. Don't listen to anyone but me. You are to be
my command laid on my enemy. you'll make a hole in him through which he'll drip
away until he runs dry. As he drips out darkness, we'll smile together, me
inside, you outside. We'll crush him between our smiles.”
―
Margaret Mahy, The Changeover
“Indifference
was our greatest enemy.”
―
Judah Smith, Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human
“Nobody
me without my enemy.”
―
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
“I
took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more
valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance,
that a friend generally does not.”
―
Dalai Lama XIV
“It
is good to know one's enemy.
It
is better to know one's self.”
―
Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising
“Greet
each man with peace, and leave each man with love. Ask yourself - One more
enemy, or one more dove?”
―
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“The
antagonist will lose enthusiasm when he sees no prospect of gain. Convince the
antagonist that he will gain very little by attacking you.”
―
Anje Kruger
“The
whereabouts of the enemy is often as close as the person questioning the
whereabouts of the enemy.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“If winning
the war is solely defined as subduing the enemy, no war is ever really won.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Victory
is the establishment of the cause, not the elimination of those who oppose it.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The
biggest enemy of some people is their own nature.”
―
Garima Soni - words world
“You
can't dismiss me as an enemy just because you know me. There are dangers
lurking in broad daylight and I just might be one of them, waiting until the
second you put your back to me to plow a blade through your heart.”
―
Berlyn Hayes, Prodigy of Revenge
“Truth,
the slayer of lies, is often perceived to be a hateful enemy by people in love
with illusions.”
―
Criss Jami