Quotes and Sayings about Enemies & Opponents

I've had many enemies over the years. If there's one thing I've learned, it's never engage in a fight you're sure to lose. On the other hand, never let anyone who has insulted you get away with it. Bide your time and strike back when you're in a position of strength - even if you no longer need to strike back.

Stieg Larsson in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The enemy of my enemy is my bro!

Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The more you move up in the world, the more enemies you make.

Rue Bennett in Euphoria

Success

If you don't take an opponent serious, they surprise you.

Canelo Álvarez

The only way to defeat a superior enemy is to stop at nothing. To become what they fear.

Silco in Arcane - Season 1 Episode 3

If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.

Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

If you have an opponent who is clearly better than you, then OK, you have something to analyse.

Thomas Tuchel

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

George S. Patton

When the enemy becomes certain of their victory, that will be our chance.

Izuku Midoriya in My Hero Academia

To defeat your enemy you have to understand them.

Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: Rebels - Season 2 Episode 21

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Edward Dahlberg

Judge me by the enemies I have made. So I really appreciate the fact that none of these people like me.

Carole Baskin in Tiger King - Season 1 Episode 2

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

Jean Racine

Without daring to make enemies, you have no real friends in the end.

Marie Fredriksson

Character

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights.

Warren G. Harding

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Horatio Nelson

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Abraham Lincoln

Peace

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Sun Tzu

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

Sun Tzu

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Neighbors

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

Martin Luther King

Love Friendship

Am I really the sort of enemy you want to make?

Claire Underwood in House of Cards - Season 2 Episode 1

We make peace with our enemies, not our friends.

Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones - Season 6 Episode 4

Peace

Every blow to a weaker enemy takes pride from yourself.

Frederick the Great

Strength Weaknesses

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.

Paul Newman

May my enemies live long so they can see my progress.

You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something.

Eminem

Self-Confidence

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoléon Bonaparte

Failures & Mistakes

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

Abraham Lincoln (Inaugural Address) - 1861

Teams

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

Forgiveness & Mercy Names

Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Stephen King in The Dark Tower

Lies Truth

Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.

Michael Corleone in The Godfather - Teil 3

Hatred

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Michael Corleone in The Godfather - Teil 2

Friendship

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.

John Abruzzi in Prison Break - Season 1 Episode 1

Friendship

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Friendship Blood

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Nick Hornby in High Fidelity

Friendship Family

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

David Nicholls in One Day

Friendship

It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world.

Abraham Lincoln

Morality

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

Peace

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

War Fighting

He never asks a second favour when he's been refused the first.

Tom Hagen in The Godfather

What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.

Stieg Larsson in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Romantic Quotes

Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!

Stieg Larsson in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Woah… pretty heavy philosophical stuff for a cartoon show!

Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The first rule of being a ninja is: Do no harm. Unless you mean to do harm. Then do lots of harm!

Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

It wasn't the violence that scared her. It was the fact that she knew no matter what he did, she'd still love him.

Rue Bennett in Euphoria - Season 1 Episode 5

I'm just saying, love is a million things.

Maddy Perez in Euphoria

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Usher

Success

Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

Canelo Álvarez

Boxen

What is truth, but a survivor's story?

Silco in Arcane - Season 1 Episode 5

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