Timeless words of wisdom: The daily ten

Since the previous post was quotes on friendship. I thought I should do something on adversaries or enemies as the case may be.

I've come to realize somehow that there is a thin line of difference between an enemy and a friend. Although, this is arguable but let's take a look at it from a bird’s eye view of success.

Most oftentime, the desire to push forward through life requires two people;A friend and an enemy. A friend encourages and motivates you to be what ever you want to be. He gives moral support to your ideas and ideals. While an enemy does the same from the opposite side. This negative interference of an adversary or enemy is not in itself inherently bad because, it can only serve as pedestal to more focus on greater heights. This is because, to have an enemy is to be a person and absolutely no one has someone that is not envious and jealous of him.

The presence of someone whose goal is to constantly demotivate you and put you down is but an avenue for you to shine. There is no other place you find this commonly obvious than the music/ entertainment industry. Musicians ride on the waves of their enemies criticising them to release various diss tracks that later shoots them more into prominence. Enemies are but jealous people who just secretly wish to be you. Why don't you make them to always want more? By your dazzling goals and desire to change something.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, because if you don't, you are either not doing anything at all or you are doing something wrong.

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Good day, steemians...

Here are today's ten timeless quotes

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If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.

-Morihei Ueshiba

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Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.

• Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.

-Gene Fowle

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It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

• Dalai Lama

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The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you’ve already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish.

-Myles Munroe

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Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.

-Anonymous

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There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself : an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

• Antisthenes

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We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

– Martin Luther King Jr.

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We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

• Alice Walker

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Friends never turn as enemies. If they did, they were never your friends at all.

• Hark Herald Sarmiento

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So… There you have it

I hope you enjoyed these collection of Famous quotes on enemies. please don’t forget to share these quotes.

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To further build our life, we can draw from the wisdom of the ages and modern sages. And quotes are one of the best ways to do that.

Thank you for reading.