It is very rightly said: he who has no enemies also has no friends.
— Hryhoriy Skovoroda
You did not shed the blood of the enemy in a terrible hour, you will shed your father's and your brother's!
When He shouted on the cross, “It is finished!” it was the shout of a conqueror. He had overcome every enemy. He had met sin and death. He had met every foe that you and I have got to meet, and had come off victor.
—D. L. Moody
At that point the enemies saw clear. You may accept the lofty claims of Jesus. You may take Him as very God. Or else you must reject Him as a miserable, deluded enthusiast. There is really no middle ground. Jesus refuses to be pressed into the mould of a mere religious teacher.
—J. Gresham Machen
At that point the enemies saw clear. You may accept the lofty claims of Jesus. You may take Him as very God. Or else you must reject Him as a miserable, deluded enthusiast. There is really no middle ground. Jesus refuses to be pressed into the mould of a mere religious teacher.
—J. Gresham Machen
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
—Sun Tzu
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
—Sun Tzu
When He shouted on the cross, “It is finished!” it was the shout of a conqueror. He had overcome every enemy. He had met sin and death. He had met every foe that you and I have got to meet, and had come off victor.
—D. L. Moody
He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
—Sun Tzu
He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
—Sun Tzu
When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil.
When full, starve them.
When settled, make them move.
—Sun Tzu
Are you tried by your sin?
Jesus rose for your justification.
Does Satan accuse?
Jesus rose to be your advocate.
Do infirmities hinder?
The living Christ will show himself strong on your behalf.
Do you dread death?
Jesus has vanquished the last enemy.”
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.”
—Voltaire
If you do not control the enemy, the enemy will control you.
—Miyamoto Musashi
The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.
—Pablo Picasso
Underestimating your enemy means thinking that he is evil.
—Laozi
Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.
—Pablo Picasso
The best is the enemy of good.
—Voltaire
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm.
—Sun Tzu
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
—Sun Tzu
One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies.
—Aldous Huxley
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
—George Washington
The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.
—Sun Tzu
We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
—George Orwell
The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.
—Julius Caesar
Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
—Cicero
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
—Sun Tzu
Know thy self, know thy enemy.
A thousand battles, a thousand victories.
—Sun Tzu
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill.
To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
—Sun Tzu
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
—Aristotle