My Own Worst Enemy Quotes

• Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Buddhist

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.126, Mango Media Inc.

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• You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Worst Enemy, Expectations, Perfection

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.321, Macmillan

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  Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

  Frank Sinatra

  Love, Bible, Sarcastic

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• Man is his own worst enemy.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Worst Enemy, Enemy

  "Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book X, Chapter 12a, Section III), 68-43 BC.

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• I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

  Dean Koontz

  Life, Worst Enemy, Humanity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Seize the Night: A Novel”, p.35, Bantam

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• Every man is his own worst enemy

  Christina, Queen of Sweden

  Men, Worst Enemy, Every Man

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• I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Eye, People, Enemy

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• I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals.

  Chaka Khan

  Running, Taken, Successful

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

  Ronnie Wood

  Worst Enemy, My Own, Left

  "The do Ron Ron" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2001.

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• I am my own best friend and my own worst enemy. Before coming here, I was thinking I don't deserve it, that i wouldn't be able to meet your expectations, and that you had probably chosen the wrong candidate. At the same time, my heart was telling me that i was being rewarded because i hadn't given up and had fought to the end

  Paulo Coelho

  Heart, Thinking, Worst Enemy

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• In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

  Tom Holt

  Jobs, Worst Enemy, Competition

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• I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, Youve got everything going for you right now, and I say, Oh yes, but! Which is not a good way to be.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Worst Enemy, Family And Friends, Way

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• When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.

  Randy Johnson

  Worst Enemy, Gongs, Adrenaline

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• I was my own worst enemy in my debut. Not one player tested my mechanics.

  Graham Taylor

  Player, Worst Enemy, Mechanic

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• I'm my own worst enemy sometimes when I pick projects.

  Kim Basinger

  Worst Enemy, Sometimes, Projects

  "Kim Basinger: Kim Confidential". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. April 1, 1997.

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