Quote by James M. Barrie Download Open image “Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.” — James M. Barrie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Never be arrogant or abrasive. Treat your opponent respectfully if they really and truly believe they are right. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
In contests of strategy it is bad to be led about by the enemy. You must always be able to lead the enemy about. — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
It is more important to understand the ground of your own behavior than to understand the motives of another. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is your attitude, and the suspicion that you are maturing the boldest designs against him, that imposes on your enemy. — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
One of the golden rules of politics is that if your opponent is attacking you personally then they are rattled. — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds? — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up!… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
