Adversaries Quotes · Page 4

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

— Ehud Olmert

Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.

— Georges St-Pierre

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are…

— Anonymous

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not…

— Evo Morales

They [Russians] are the adversary, they - we're the adversary they love to hate.

— Daniel Fried

Worshiping God even amid despair is a way to defy the Adversary and declare our valuing of the good-the best-in life: the…

— Jack W. Hayford

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou…

— Thomas a Kempis

On many questions and specially in view of the marriage bed, the Puritans were the indulgent party, . . . they were…

— C. S. Lewis

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating…

— Steven Weber

Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He…

— Francis Frangipane

I guarantee you, as president of the United States, I know how to heal the wounds of war, I know how to…

— John McCain

The Englishman, be it noted, seldom resorts to violence; when he is sufficiently goaded he simply opens up, like the oyster, and…

— Henry Miller

No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps…

— Bobby Jones

It is hard to make your adversaries real people unless you recognize yourself in them - in which case, if you don't…

— Flannery O'Connor

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges.…

— Monte Irvin

I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at…

— Robert Baden-Powell

We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said,”…

— Spencer W. Kimball

As parents it is well to be aware of the tendency to equate energetic activity with contest. Our children's worth does not…

— Polly Berrien Berends

Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life…

— Susan Sontag

Part of diplomacy, the hard work of diplomacy is trying to extract whatever concessions you can get, and giving something the other…

— Hillary Clinton

History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's…

— Bruce Schneier

Our adversaries [ the Confederate States of America ] have adopted some declarations of independence in which, unlike the good old one…

— Abraham Lincoln

Our foreign adversaries tried to divide us and stop us from supporting Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

— Tom Suozzi

Our adversaries are trying to undermine our country on a persistent and regular basis, whether it's election season or not.

— Christopher A. Wray

The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate.

— William Goldman

Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.

— Jack Keane

Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.

— Jack Nicklaus

Those who have something to say accept the fact that that's lonely. One already knows that there will be adversaries.

— Maya Angelou

Strengthen an adversary led by a dictator who dreams of reassembling the old Soviet empire? What an extraordinarily dangerous lack of judgment.

— Chris Christie

One of the first rules of warfare is to make your adversaries respond to you.

— Michael Waltz

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

— Mason Cooley

I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

— Gerald R. Ford

Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

China is a rising adversary. So one of the things we have to do if we want China's support is to push…

— Carly Fiorina

I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.

— David Shapiro

Our global adversaries benefit when the United States burdens itself with policies that our competitors ignore.

— Bill Hagerty

“Peace is something you make with your adversaries, not with your friends.”

— Johan Galtung

Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.

— Samuel Johnson