Enemy Quotations Quotes

One who forgives his enemies conquers them, one who loves his enemies conquers himself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who loves lives a thousand years in one day, one who hates only lives one day in a thousand years.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them.

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, treasure God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be merry, because it confuses your enemies; happy, because it annoys them; cheerful, because it angers them; and joyful, because it kills them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t be afraid of criticism, the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I prefer male enemies to female ones, I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be who your enemies dread you'll become.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who conquers fear conquers his greatest enemy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A thorn is a rose's friend but a gardener’s enemy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is easier to forgive yourself of a thousand misdeeds than to forgive your enemy of one.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are completely surrounded by the enemies, this proves that you are damn stupid in matters of making friends and such a stupidity, such a miserable clumsiness is your biggest enemy!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

One soul-mate is enough to face life's countless soul-enemies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo