Foes Quotes

Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide.

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.

If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.

By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on a new and more respectable footing, both with regard to the operations of war or negotiations with foreign powers.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes.

There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay.

The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.