Best Enemies Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.”

“Kill your enemies with success and bury them with a smile.... Never fails.”

“As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.”

“To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.”

“He’d never really given religion much thought himself. It was just there, one of the basic fundamentals of life and living; Heaven is generally good and one should aspire to end up there, and Hell is decidedly foul and one should generally direct their enemies there.”

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”

“I didn’t answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness.”

“You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.”

“Those who oppose me, oppose The Lord. Let the might of their souls oppose the might of my sword.”

“A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.”

“The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all.”

“True enemies aren't always the ones who hate each other.”

“The archduke will see you now,” Bishop Riphaen said to von Pappenheim, interrupting his wishful thinking.  “And he is most eager to see what you have brought him.”

“Mary had typed one line to finish her dissertation – ‘So a life’s work was finally complete’. As an afterthought she had written in pencil, probably after her dissertation had been assessed: ‘What was the red stone that Samuel Fowler disposed of?”

“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.”

“The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.”

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”

“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else.”

“I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy.”

“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.”