Adversary Quotes
145 Adversary quotes by 124 unique authors
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A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until…
— George F. Kennan
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There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or…
— Terry Goodkind
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Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
— Jennifer Crusie
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Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the…
— Simone Weil
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We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with…
— Joseph Conrad
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I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like? We…
— Naomi Shihab Nye
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He stared down at the golden curls of the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince…
— Neil Gaiman
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We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I did what all good Iriah dads do when faced with a worthy adversary..I said Ask your mother!!
— Eoin Colfer
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No one can say 'He jests at scars who never felt a wound' for I have never for one moment been in a state of…
— C.S. Lewis
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Worshiping God even amid despair is a way to defy the Adversary and declare our valuing of the good-the best-in life: the Lord!
— Jack W. Hayford
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One of the ultimate ironies of eternity is that the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, invites and entices us…
— David A. Bednar
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We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation;…
— Cory Booker
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It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to…
— Unknown Author
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The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that…
— Adolf Hitler
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The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that…
— George Michael
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I got my middle fingers raised high not giving a FUCK. You think you control me but that leash only lasts so long and I'm…
— Timothy Ashmore
Who Wrote These Adversary Quotes
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