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Tag Name "Adversary" (115)

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A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary.
James M. Paramore
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Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
Mason Cooley
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When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your power but that you are too generous to make use of it.
Eustace Budgell
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Seeing me before him, / The adversary attacks, / But by that time / I am already standing / Safely behind him.
Morihei Ueshiba
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For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King.
Howard Staunton
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China is a rising adversary. So one of the things we have to do if we want China's support is to push back on China.
Carly Fiorina
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Patrick Henry
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I did what all good Iriah dads do when faced with a worthy adversary..I said Ask your mother!!
Eoin Colfer
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There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.
Rumi
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For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
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I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.
David Shapiro
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He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.
Brigham Young
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America can be a partner with China. We don't have to be an adversary in any way, shape or form. We can work with them, we can collaborate with them, if they're willing to be responsible.
Mitt Romney
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I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.
Albert Camus
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We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.
Jurgen Klinsmann
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The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of His purposes.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
Charles R. Swindoll
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With regard to precipitous heights, if you are beforehand with your adversary, you should occupy the raised and sunny spots, and there wait for him to come up.
Sun Tzu
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The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.
Edmund Burke
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Reconciling with an adversary that can be as brutal as the Taliban sounds distasteful, even unimaginable. And diplomacy would be easy if we only had to talk to our friends. But that is not how one makes peace.
Hillary Clinton
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The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.
Jonathan Franzen
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Historically, it is important to try to understand your adversary in order to figure out how they are thinking, what they will be doing, how they will react.
Hillary Clinton
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I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like? We don't even know
Naomi Shihab Nye
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You have to work more than your adversary.
Jurgen Klinsmann
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