Opponent Quotes

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness.

Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness;

but a belief is always sensitive.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Let people speak. Let people disagree. Communicate. Listen. Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a good listener.

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.

O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself.

To control aggression without inflicting injury in the Art of Peace.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him;

if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score.

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about

The most important tactic in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

We know that their adventures are childish.

They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent -- or they themselves -- was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible.

The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;

to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;

to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.

Management must speak with one voice.

When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself.

Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find t he right solution, the just solution of international problems, not the effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible.

My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.

You know, we - if, for example, Jerry Brown can withstand, you know, what will probably end up being $200 million of spending by his opponent and get elected governor of California, that will be a big victory in the nation's largest state.

I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your opponent to assimilate in practice and then in games it is even harder to match.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is.

Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.

I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.