Quotes with enemy

Quotes 141 till 160 of 225.

  • Bono Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • William Shakespeare Security is mortals' chiefest enemy.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Carlos Castaneda Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
    Carlos Castaneda
    American author and anthropologist (1925 - 1998)
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  • Bill Keller Since September 11 2001, editors in America have faced some excruciating choices, as the attempt to wage a war against a new kind of enemy sometimes strained the boundaries of our laws and values.
    Bill Keller
    American journalist (1949 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Sir Isaac Newton Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
    Sir Isaac Newton
    British scientist, mathematician (1643 - 1727)
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  • Howard W. Newton Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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  • August Strindberg That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all.
    August Strindberg
    Swedish writer (1849 - 1912)
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  • George Bernard Shaw That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Charles Edward Jerningham The best way to secure revenge is not to make your enemy fail, but to succeed yourself.
    The maxims of Marmaduke
    Charles Edward Jerningham
    English aphorist (1854 - 1921)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Thomas à Kempis The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Toni Morrison The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
    Toni Morrison
    American novelist, essayist, editor (1931 - 2019)
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  • Orson Welles The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Neil Kinnock The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
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