Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing. — Pythagoras
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate. — Arthur Bloch
There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or by pleasure and pain. — Ptolemy
I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. — John Hancock
Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone. — Guru Arjan
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference. — Soren Kierkegaard
The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security. — Robert Frost
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend. — Saadi Shirazi
Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. — Frederick Stanley Maude
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Love And Enmity Quotes
We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. It may be the very recognition of all men as our brothers that accounts for the sibling rivalry, and even enmity, we have toward so many of them. — Peter De Vries
Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity. — Buddha
Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I loved the comradeship of the sixties and the seventies, and I still maintain friendships with the people I worked with then - the ones that are still alive. That's one of the great gifts of our political movements, great friendships . . . and also a few enmities. — Grace Paley
I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man. — Mahatma Gandhi
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men, and provoke no man's enmity needlessly; since any man's love may be useful, and every man's hatred is dangerous. — Isaac Barrow
O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension. — Bahá'u'lláh
I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity Nor had I time to love: but since Some industry must be, The little toil of love, I thought, Was large enough for me. — Emily Dickinson
Motivational Quotes
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. — C. S. Lewis
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
I may not be a role model, but I most definitely could be motivation for a lot of people in the hoods. — Rick Ross
No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt — Miyamoto Musashi
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle
Friendship And Enmity Quotes
Do not look at anybody in terms of friend or foe, brother or cousin; do not fritter away your mental energies in thoughts of friendship or enmity. Seeking the Self everywhere, be amiable and equal-minded towards all, treating all alike. — Adi Shankara
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. — Kenneth Tynan
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. — Sallust
But [the Arabs'] friendship was venal, their faith inconstant, their enmity capricious: it was an easier task to excite than to disarm these roving barbarians; and, in the familiar intercourse of war, they learned to see, and to despise, the splendid weakness both of Rome and of Persia. — Edward Gibbon
We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good. — Epictetus
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes. — Thomas Jefferson
As great enmities spring from great friendships, and mortal distempers from vigorous health, so do the most surprising and the wildest frenzies from the high and lively agitations of our souls. — Michel de Montaigne
In your friendships and in your enmities let your confidence and your hostilities have certain bounds; make not the former dangerous, nor the latter irreconcilable. There are strange vicissitudes in business. — Lord Chesterfield
Nice Quotes
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. — Nelson Mandela
You can do nice things for people all of the time and it's never noticed but as soon as you make one mistake it's never forgotten. — Tyga
I live right in front of my daughter. I have a little house right in front of her because I can stay in touch. It's like a little commune, and it's very nice, because you can be close. I can see my granddaughter. I live very close to my brother, too, and my son. We're a very close family. — Debbie Reynolds
There is nothing wrong with having a good job, there is nothing wrong with having a nice house, there is nothing wrong with that. There is something wrong when that is your goal. — Nouman Ali Khan
When a woman didn't enjoy it, she leaves early in the morning. Those who had a nice time will wait until the sun comes out, requests breakfast and taxi money. — Julius Malema
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Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. — Phife Dawg
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. — Wilson Mizner
Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight. — Johnny Cash
I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that. — Eminem
Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect. — Colin Powell
Politics is the soil in which the nettle of poisonous enmity, evil suspicions, shameless lies, slander, morbid ambitions, and disrespect for the individual grows rapidly and luxuriantly. Name anything bad in man and it is precisely in the soil of political struggle that it grows with particular liveliness and abundance. — Maxim Gorky
We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart. — Saint John Chrysostom
There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance. — Bridget of Sweden
The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims. — John Adams
Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. — John Hancock
What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found myself attacked by these ghostly men, these trusting boys? How do you fight an enemy who fights with neither enmity nor anger but in submission to orders from superiors, without protest and without conscience? — Amitav Ghosh
Glorious God stated: "Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him, etc." — Al-Nawawi
Unlimited enmity of the Albanian people against Serbia is the foremost real result of the Albanian policies of the Serbian government. The second and more dangerous result is the strengthening of two big powers in Albania, which have the greatest interests in the Balkans. — Dimitrije Tucovic
I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further. — Mark Twain
Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all things, see to it that you do not hold malice or enmity toward any one; to do so cuts you off from the mind whose treasures you seek to make your own. Lay aside all narrow personal ambition and determine to seek the highest good. — Wallace D. Wattles
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy. — Liu Xiaobo
The only real argument against the Bible is an unholy life. When a man argues against the Word of God, follow him home, and see if you cannot discover the reason of his enmity to the Word of the Lord. It lies in some sort of sin. — Charles Spurgeon
Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life. — Watchman Nee
Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. — William Shakespeare
Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. — Isaac of Nineveh
Mister Straw hat is going to be an enemy of mine but even a bond of enmity is still a bond.-Trafalgar Law — Eiichiro Oda
To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. — Abraham Lincoln
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal. — Livy
We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we have to like each other. — Peter De Vries
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. — Washington Irving
Ideas on earth were badges of friendship or enimity. Their content did not matter. Friends agreed with friends, in order to express friendliness. Enemies disagreed with enemies, in order to express enimity. — Kurt Vonnegut
You are at enmity with yourself. — Jacob Boehme
Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth. — Buddha
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future. Cut loose the past; it is dead weight. Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end. — Stephen Baxter
Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled. — Samuel Johnson
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