Opponents Quotes

832 Opponents quotes by 548 unique authors

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you’re through. — Julia Quinn
A retaliator behaves like a hawk when he is attacked by a hawk, and like a dove when he meets a dove. When he meets… — Richard Dawkins
I've spent so much time making sure I don't underestimate my opponents that I've forgotten it's just as dangerous to overestimate them as well. — Suzanne Collins
Suddenly self-conscious, she shifted from one booted foot to the other. "I asked the cloud for battle-ready clothing, and this is what I got. There… — Gena Showalter
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself. — Arthur Ashe
Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I or the ANC… — Nelson Mandela
How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away. Nets and… — David Foster Wallace
Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright. — Jane Espenson
True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection. — Ilona Andrews
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for this mistake in… — Leo Tolstoy
See?" she says. "tricked you. You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to track my arms… — Marie Lu
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within. — Steven Pressfield
A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent. — Paulo Coelho
Patience will benefit you in every hour, every time and every opportunity. It helps you to overcome your opponent, howsoever strong he may be. It… — Unknown Author
It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need,… — Unknown Author
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents. — Winston Churchill
When dealing with Canadians, it is advantageous to seem to be negotiating from a position of weakness, for when faced with an abject opponent, they… — Unknown Author
Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. — Linus Pauling
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. — Sun Tzu
Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round.… — James J. Corbett
A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision. — Donna Brazile
A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself — Jan Smuts
To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent — Johan Cruijff
What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they… — Robert Kennedy
The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear and… — William J. Clinton

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