You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

And God said, love your enemy and I obeyed Him, and loved myself.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.

The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won’t.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

Having a grievance or resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill the enemy.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition, but the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however admirable the sermon may be, however attractive the service, however faithful the pastoral visitation, none of these things can damage him or his kingdom if prayer is neglected.

Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you’ll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

It’s a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy’s forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.