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.
In my youth I had three teachers: friends, enemies, and books. In my adulthood I had three professors: God, nature, and life.
Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.
Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.
The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.
The most dangerous enemy is the one who can easily make friends with his potential victims!
Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper.
A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.
One who conquers fear conquers his greatest enemy.
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
Your worst enemy can be your best teacher!
Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.
Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.
The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.
If you live in the desert, view the sun not as your enemy, but as your friend. If you live in the wilderness, view nature not as your adversary, but as your companion.
Be like the sun; warm to everyone, even your enemies.
It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.
If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.
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