Because I had goodwill for all, I thought all were my friends, and then I learned of treachery, that some preferred my end. A glorious day, the one I learned the meaning of the word. It's good to know my enemies, though their reasons are absurd.
As many servants so many enemies.
It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply. " God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.
[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?
We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be calculated.
It will be the CIA's mission and my own if confirmed to ensure that the agency remains the best in the world at its core mission - collecting what our enemies do not want us to know. In short, the CIA must be the world's premier espionage organization.
It's customary when great events happen that the U. S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.
I don't really have a nemesis, but I have a series of hundreds of small enemies that fuel me. Everyone I meet I assume is out to get me and that fuels my fire on a daily basis.
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross.
The Manifesto was not a divine production but something manufactured to outwit the church's enemies.
I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.
We are stone enemies when the bell rings
Go my friend bestow your love even on your enemies if you touch their hearts what do you think will happen.
You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last words of one of them was, The country is safe. Jefferson still lives. And the last words of the other was, John Adams will see that things go forward.
It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.