Top 45 Adversary Quotes

Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

The worm of paranoia begins to eat into even the hardest adversary.

Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.

In the Cold War, a lot of Soviet actions could be explained as extensions of Czarist imperial ambitions, but that didn’t stop us from studying Marxism in theory and Communism in practice to better understand that adversary.

As sisters in Zion, we can be obstacles to the adversary’s conspiracy against families and virtue.

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.

For Germany, the war was like an end game in chess in which she possessed one castle less than her adversary. The loss of the war was as certain as the loss of an end game under these conditions.

The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

We can only win by giving everything and being ready to defeat the adversary with fiery aggression.

People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I’ve kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.

You have to work more than your adversary.

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.

Putin’s Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values.

We become distracted from productive labors by our perceived opponents; we become focused on them and not on our larger calling to advance our nation; our debate becomes more about scoring points against an adversary and less about advancing our common cause.

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius… he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

Anthony Weiner is a crafty and worthy adversary – an unrepentant lefty who is usually a savvy media player.

Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought.

‘Boo & Hiss’ has been a passion project of mine for a couple of years. I was intrigued with the idea of what would happen in a classic cartoon predator/prey relationship if the predator – in this case, a cat – got to finally do in his adversary only to have the mouse return as a ghost and bedevil the cat.

The future is our greatest adversary. We are a very backward-looking society, and as such, we are continually blindsided by the future.

The strategic adversary is fascism… the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us.

I’m a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: ‘Don’t hold grudges. If you do that, you don’t lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.’ I honestly think that’s why I was able to survive and have some success.

Reflexive control is a ‘uniquely Russian’ technique of psychological manipulation through disinformation. The idea is to feed your adversary a set of assumptions that will produce a predictable response: That response, in turn, furthers a goal that advances your interests.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

Satan, our adversary, wants us to fail. He spreads lies as part of his effort to destroy our belief. He slyly suggests that the doubter, the skeptic, the cynic is sophisticated and intelligent, while those who have faith in God and His miracles are naive, blind, or brainwashed.

Russia is an adversary not just of the United States but of freedom-loving people everywhere.

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs – the adversary is the world of finance.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

Let me tell you, the jodhpur in the world of fashion is a formidable adversary to the trouser. It gives automatic swagger to anyone who wears them.

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico’s real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.

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.

I love playing a character who has an adversary she can go one-on-one with.

You know, I do believe that China is emerging as a competitor, not just a competitor but, in many ways, an adversary. And, you know, the Chinese model is also being held up globally as an alternative power model, and I very much believe in our model versus theirs.

My attraction to the Church of Satan… is the same thing that initially attracted me to punk rock. It was something that wasn’t very entirely popular, and it was sort of like the adversary to mainstream culture and beliefs.

Your ally today could be your adversary tomorrow and your ally the next day. Work hard, be polite, be respectful, and don’t take it personally.

No matter what President Trump says, Russia is an adversary and a threat – look no further than their invasion of Crimea.

In general, literature is a natural adversary of totalitarianism. Tyrannical governments all view literature in the same way: as their enemy. I lived for a long time in a totalitarian state, and I know firsthand that horror.