Worst Enemy Quotes

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Friendship, Change

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.50, Beacon Press

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• Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Reality, Men, Enemy Within

  Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1428, Barbour Publishing

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• We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring

  "Loving Your Enemies" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Christmas, 1957.

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• 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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• I was more of kind (who was better at) building businesses and selling them. That was a big thing for me. I was very good at that. I wasn't good as a boss. I was either your best friend or your worst enemy. I didn't balance the two very well. (So) I sold them.

  Drew Waters

  Two, Boss, Balance

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.

  Duncan Hunter

  Hands, Should, Infrastructure

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• I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

  Abiola Abrams

  Bully, Bullied, Currents

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• But the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself; you lie in wait for yourself in caverns and forests. Lonely one, you are going the way to yourself! And your way goes past yourself, and past your seven devils! You will be a heretic to yourself and witch and soothsayer and fool and doubter and unholy one and villain. You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame: how could you become new, if you had not first become ashes?

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Being Yourself, Lonely, Lying

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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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• The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.545, Anchor

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• Are the worst enemies of society those who attack it or those who do not even give themselves the trouble of defending it?

  Gustave Le Bon

  Giving, Trouble, Enemy

  Gustave Le Bon (1899). “The Psychology of Socialism”, p.52, Transaction Publishers

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• Your worst enemy is your best teacher.

  Gautama Buddha

  Teacher, Enemy, Best Teacher

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• There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Forgiveness, Evil, Hatred

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.39, Beacon Press

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• I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Upset, Causes, Enemy

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2005.

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• Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.

  Lucy Hale

  People, Needs, World

  "9 Quotes From The 'Pretty Little Liars' Cast That Will Inspire You To Be Your Best Self" by Crystal Bell, www.mtv.com. April 15, 2015.

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

  Robert Jordan

  Fall, Men, Hands

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.250, Macmillan

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• If you're not your own severest critic, you are your own worst enemy.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Critics

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.1, New Riders

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• I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

  Taylor Dane

  Trying, Way, My Own

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• The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

  Alfred de Musset

  Doe, Faces, Your Best Friend

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• The old saying is: 'Time off is a wrestler's worst enemy.'

  Ric Flair

  Wrestler, Old Saying, Time Off

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• Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

  Whitney Houston

  Decision, Devil, My Best Friend

  "Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'". "Primetime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 4, 2002.

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• Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

  Erica Jong

  Men, Self, Guilt

  erica jong “fear of flying”

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• Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

  "How to Help Someone Who is Depressed, or Suicidal : Practical Suggestions from a Survivor". Book by John Cook, 1993.

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• Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

  Fred Durst

  Friendship, Jobs, Taken

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• Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

  Tacitus

  Best Friend, History, Evil

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