Inspirational Quotes on Enemies

“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”

“Nature teaches us to love our friends, but religion our enemies.”

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.”

“If I wanted to punish an enemy it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.”

“But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.”

“Agape is disinterested love. Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.”

“We may not be able to prevent other people from being our enemies, but we can prevent ourselves from being enemies toward others.”

“Does loving your enemy mean not punishing him? No, for loving myself does not mean that I ought not subject myself to punishment-even to death. If you had committed a murder, the right Christian thing to do would be to give yourself up to the police and be hanged.”

“The best way to destroy an enemy is to turn him into a friend.”

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

“Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies, the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need.”

“The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.”

“Take heed thou makest not the least child thine enemy by offering wrong to him; God will right the wicked even upon the saint.”

“God can make your enemies your footstool.”

“If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.”

“No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.”

“We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.”

“I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.”

“Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors.”

“It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes.”