Adversaries Quotes

245 Adversaries quotes by 199 unique authors

Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and… — Dorotheus of Gaza
It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this… — Saadi
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. — Samuel Johnson
There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not… — Unknown Author
The human mind, in taking us down the path of technocracy, has become the adversary of life itself and collaterally the adversary of the human… — Konrad Lorenz
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to… — Eugene V. Debs
Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life of the mind… — Susan Sontag
We still think of human disease as the work of an organized, modernized kind of demonology, in which the bacteria are the most visible and… — Lewis Thomas
Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. — John C. Calhoun
For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the… — Howard Staunton
For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King. — Howard Staunton
The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. — Jonathan Franzen
...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point… — Criss Jami
The Adversary seldom loses when you play on his playing field. It's called the home court advantage. — Randall Wright
The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary. — Winston Churchill
The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a superior ability which she would have found… — Ayn Rand
If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of… — James K. Polk
I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will… — Haley Barbour
One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They… — Robert M. Gates
If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in "muchness" and "manyness," he will rest satisfied. — Richard J. Foster
To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to… — Criss Jami
I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do… — Monte Irvin
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice… — Elie Abel
If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. — Ronald Reagan

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