quotes about Adversaries
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Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and condemns us if we do something we ought not.
-- Dorotheus of Gaza -
The further the soul advances, the greater are the adversaries against which it must contend.
-- Evagrius Ponticus -
On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.
-- Frederick SoddySource : Frederick Soddy's speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1922.
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The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.
-- John Dryden -
A natural adversary is a customer service representative.
-- Jon Jones -
You have to work more than your adversary.
-- Jurgen Klinsmann -
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We cannot hope to control what we do not understand, nor to confront our adversary, war, with our eyes averted.
-- Carl MydansSource : Carl Mydans, Shelley Smith Mydans (1968). “The violent peace”