--- title: "16 Understand Enemy Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Understand Enemy quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Understand Enemy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/andrew-ender-wiggin-101233_defeat_when-i-understand-my-enemy-well-enough-t_1111934.jpg" --- > [When I understand my enemy well enough to DEFEAT him,then in that moment,I also LOVE him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ender-wiggin/when-i-understand-my-enemy-well-enough-to-defeat-him-then-in-that/) [Andrew Ender Wiggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ender-wiggin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/andrew-ender-wiggin-101233_defeat_when-i-understand-my-enemy-well-enough-t_1111934.jpg) > [When I understand my Enemy well to defeat him, then in that moment, I also love him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ender-wiggin/when-i-understand-my-enemy-well-to-defeat-him-then-in-that-moment-i/) [Andrew Ender Wiggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ender-wiggin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/andrew-ender-wiggin-101233_enemies_when-i-understand-my-enemy-well-to-defea_1970916.jpg) > [“Understand both yourself and your enemy, and you shall always emerge victorious”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/understand-both-yourself-and-your-enemy-and-you-shall-always-emerge/) [Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/sun-tzu-283_enemy_understand-both-yourself-and-your-enemy_168482.jpg) > [“To beat your enemy, you must understand what your enemy wants.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-chercover/to-beat-your-enemy-you-must-understand-what-your-enemy-wants/) [Sean Chercover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-chercover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/sean-chercover-15822_learning_to-beat-your-enemy-you-must-understand-w_920603.jpg) > [“No," he said, "that is more than a horse can understand, but the enemy must have been awfully wicked people, if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-sewell/no-he-said-that-is-more-than-a-horse-can-understand-but-the-enemy/) [Anna Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-sewell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/anna-sewell-13394_enemy_no-he-said-that-is-more-than-a-horse-can_3019255.jpg) > [In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/orson-scott-card-134_defeat_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_559963.png) > [“Man is, without doubt, the defacer, the destroyer. But spending at least the last three years in trying to understand the enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-smart/man-is-without-doubt-the-defacer-the-destroyer-but-spending-at-least/) [Elizabeth Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-smart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/elizabeth-smart-6994_destroyer_man-is-without-doubt-the-defacer-the-des_2466480.jpg) > [To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/to-love-our-enemy-is-impossible-the-moment-we-understand-our-enemy-we/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/nhat-hanh-515_compassion_to-love-our-enemy-is-impossible-the-mome_2634881.png) > [One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/one-has-to-understand-what-the-enemy-is-all-about-the-enemy-s-history/) [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/zbigniew-brzezinski-1312_aspiration_one-has-to-understand-what-the-enemy-is_575067.jpg) > [Understand that the enemy always fights the hardest when he knows you are closest to your breakthrough. He'd leave you alone if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/understand-that-the-enemy-always-fights-the-hardest-when-he-knows-you/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/joel-osteen-194_breakthrough_understand-that-the-enemy-always-fights_1783084.jpg) > [“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marissa-baker/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well-3/) [Marissa Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marissa-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/marissa-baker-57461_love_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_3098396.jpg) > [In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my-enemy-understand-him-well-2/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/orson-scott-card-134_believe_in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my_713722.jpg) > [There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-duiker/there-were-various-aspects-of-sun-tzu-s-approach-that-appealed-to-ho/) [William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-duiker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/william-j-duiker-21821_adversaries_there-were-various-aspects-of-sun-tzu-s_57717.jpg) > [ “I said, 'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' Ah!' said \[Captain\], 'I should… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-sewell/i-said-i-have-heard-people-talk-about-war-as-if-it-was-a-very-fine/) [Anna Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-sewell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/anna-sewell-13394_brave-men_i-said-i-have-heard-people-talk-about-wa_3213135.jpg) > [“Death. Now, that was an interesting notion. One that, perhaps, he should have been more familiar with than any other being, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/death-now-that-was-an-interesting-notion-one-that-perhaps-he-should/) [Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/steven-erikson-588_death_death-now-that-was-an-interesting-notion_1558822.jpg) > [“And it came down to this: In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/and-it-came-down-to-this-in-the-moment-when-i-truly-understand-my/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/orson-scott-card-134_learning_and-it-came-down-to-this-in-the-moment-w_772214.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/understand-enemy/#itemlist", "name": "Understand 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