Adversary Quotes

145 Adversary quotes by 124 unique authors

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind. — Ehud Olmert
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other. — Robert Teeter
A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary. — James M. Paramore
We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression. — Jurgen Klinsmann
You have to work more than your adversary. — Jurgen Klinsmann
And that is how we intend to destroy the enemy!" The superior shakes his head wearily. "Young man, the Soviets are our adversary. The Navy… — David Frum
For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological… — Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary. — George Bernard Shaw
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
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
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

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