45 Enemy quotes that'll help you deal with your true foe. Here are the best enemies quotes to read from famous people that will surely inspire you. While many people say to create love and not enemies, it's unavoidable. Different people have different perspectives. You might have a certain belief on a matter that is different from others, and this kind of disagreement most of the time creates argument or conflict. May these know your enemy quotes help you pinpoint your enemies so you can prepare strategies on how to deal with them, with a clear mind, and without losing your cool. Share these quotes about enemy with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. Friends ask you questions; enemies question you. - Criss Jami
2. If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. - Sun Tzu
3. Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? - Abraham Lincoln
4. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. - Sun Tzu
5. Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it. - Tim Fargo
6. A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. - Baltasar Gracian
7. Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. - Mahatma Gandhi
8. Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. - Isaac Newton
9. When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. - William Blake
10. We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them. - George Orwell
11. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. - Nelson Mandela
12. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde
13. Never explain, your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard
14. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. - Martin Luther King Jr.
15. A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. - Aesop
16. Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you. - Israelmore Ayivor
17. Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world. You don't need to be your own worst enemy. - Lucy Hale
18. Enemies are either defeated, befriended or bypassed. - Stewart Stafford
19. It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not. - Criss Jami
20. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. - Ian Fleming
21. Your enemies cannot make you hate them, define you, or make you obsessively think about them, only you can do that. - Carmine Savastano
22. I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important. - Leigh Bardugo
23. A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. - Maya Angelou
24. Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself. - Bangambiki Habyarimana
25. It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. - Siddhārtha Gautama
26. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer
27. Don’t fight with your enemy’s brains, fight with his heart. - Bangambiki Habyarimana
28. Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate. - Jayne Ann Krentz
29. In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. - Orson Scott Card
30. True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows. - Toni Sorenson
31. Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control. - Rae Carson
32. You can learn from anyone even your enemy. - Ovid
33. An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. - Thomas Jefferson
34. The enemies of your enemies are not always your friends, but they can still be useful. - James D. Sass
35. The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. - Joseph Heller
36. It doesn’t take but a few words to turn your best friend into your worst enemy. - Marlan Rico Lee
37. Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen. - Irene Butter
38. A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. - Bryant H. McGill
39. If every mortal looks at others as their friends, not as their enemies, the world would be a much better place, wouldn’t it? - Morgan Rhodes
40. Sometimes the simplest solution out of conflict is becoming someone’s friend. - Shannon L. Alder
41. You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. - Michael T. Flynn
42. A bullet can kill the enemy, but a bullet can also produce an enemy, depending on whom that bullet strikes. - Tim O'Brien
43. The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all. - Lalah Delia
44. One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people don’t want you to have it. You have to find the courage to seize it, own it and hold on. - Shannon L. Alder
45. Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. - Mao Zedong
1. Friends ask you questions; enemies question you. - Criss Jami
2. If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. - Sun Tzu
3. Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? - Abraham Lincoln
4. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. - Sun Tzu
5. Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it. - Tim Fargo
6. A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. - Baltasar Gracian
7. Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. - Mahatma Gandhi
8. Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. - Isaac Newton
9. When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. - William Blake
10. We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them. - George Orwell
11. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. - Nelson Mandela
12. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde
13. Never explain, your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. - Elbert Hubbard
14. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. - Martin Luther King Jr.
15. A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. - Aesop
16. Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you. - Israelmore Ayivor
17. Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world. You don't need to be your own worst enemy. - Lucy Hale
18. Enemies are either defeated, befriended or bypassed. - Stewart Stafford
19. It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not. - Criss Jami
20. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. - Ian Fleming
21. Your enemies cannot make you hate them, define you, or make you obsessively think about them, only you can do that. - Carmine Savastano
22. I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important. - Leigh Bardugo
23. A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. - Maya Angelou
24. Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself. - Bangambiki Habyarimana
25. It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. - Siddhārtha Gautama
26. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer
27. Don’t fight with your enemy’s brains, fight with his heart. - Bangambiki Habyarimana
28. Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate. - Jayne Ann Krentz
29. In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. - Orson Scott Card
30. True strength isn’t being able to knock your enemies down, it’s being able to hold yourself upright against their blows. - Toni Sorenson
31. Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control. - Rae Carson
32. You can learn from anyone even your enemy. - Ovid
33. An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. - Thomas Jefferson
34. The enemies of your enemies are not always your friends, but they can still be useful. - James D. Sass
35. The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. - Joseph Heller
36. It doesn’t take but a few words to turn your best friend into your worst enemy. - Marlan Rico Lee
37. Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen. - Irene Butter
38. A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect. - Bryant H. McGill
39. If every mortal looks at others as their friends, not as their enemies, the world would be a much better place, wouldn’t it? - Morgan Rhodes
40. Sometimes the simplest solution out of conflict is becoming someone’s friend. - Shannon L. Alder
41. You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. - Michael T. Flynn
42. A bullet can kill the enemy, but a bullet can also produce an enemy, depending on whom that bullet strikes. - Tim O'Brien
43. The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all. - Lalah Delia
44. One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people don’t want you to have it. You have to find the courage to seize it, own it and hold on. - Shannon L. Alder
45. Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. - Mao Zedong