You gain much more from your enemies than friends.
A friend is the wax that keeps the flame lit, an enemy is the wind that blows it out.
When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them.
There are 2 kinds of fighters: those who fight because they hate, and those who fight because they love.
A father teaches his children that the battle is not determined by the enemy that stands around them, but by the God Who stands within them. And that lesson can only be driven home as they watch their...
Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.
Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
A night of crying has silenced me. This morning it seems the whole world is against me. I've never before felt so barren, so empty. I've never before thought the daylight to be ... my enemy. My enemy.
There's a big difference on being wise and being crafty. The former is the attribute of God, and the latter is that of Satan.
If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we are all much more alike than we are unalike.