Best Opponent Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Someone willfully caused a Fight in which one Person had no Chance — was it the wrong or the right Enemy/Opponent/Victim?”

Chance Enemy Victim Wrong Fight Right Person Someone Opponent

Author:Sino Melo

“Our weakness is our opponent’s strength.”

War Fighting Sports Strength Weakness Competition Competitors Sport Opponent

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Our denial of our weakness is as profitable to our opponents as our unawareness of our strength.”

Enemy Strength Weakness Denial Opponents Enemies Weaknesses Unawareness Strengths Opponent

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Victory, is like a boxer that hangs his gloves, after the consecutive losses; sometimes walking away is what builds character, than the actual fight. As humble fruit on a tree that falls to the ground and rots, never finding appreciation in the taste of mouths.”

War Character Success Enemy Struggle Tree Humility Victory Taste Fruit Appreciation Triumph Fight Sweetness Conquest Win Lose Destroy Mouth Build Consecutive Walk Away Opponent Boxer Rot

Author:Anthony Liccione

“Far too often the survival of our argument hinges entirely on our ability to effectively declare our opponent’s argument as indefensible so that the indefensible nature of our own argument will never be revealed as such.”

Truth Politics Argument Lies Deception Opponent Defensible Indefensible

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Always respect your opponents because they are enemies you have generated. The reason why they look like enemies is that we are all contestants who want to reach a common goal, that’s all. -Red White Love: The Love of Liverpool FC”

Goal Football Respect Opponent Contestant

Author:Mustafa Dönmez

“You are a worthy competitor, the best rival I ever encountered, it is an honour to be your opponent, you are better than me at many things, but you cannot beat me at politeness.”

Enemy Kindness Respect Competition Gentle Modesty Courtesy Politeness Rivalry Opponent

Book:Wealth of Words

Source: Wealth of Words

“If you go about dehumanizing your opponents […] you're never going to convince them to change.”

Chance Human Debate Convince Persuasion Opponent Dehumanizing

Book:Thelema: Book 0 - The Fool

Source: Thelema: Book 0 - The Fool

“There is no worse opponent than life. What you lose in a fight is nonsense in comparison to what you may lose in life.”

Life Life Lessons Life Quotes Life And Living Opponents Fight Quotes Opponent Fighting Quotes Opponents Quotes Opponent Quotes

Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.”

Inspirational Belief Value Opponent

Author:Ellis Peters

“When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury.”

Source: Impromptu Scribe

“Becoming the opponent means you should put yourself in an opponent's place and think from the opponent's point of view.”

Thinking Culture Fighting Survival Thoughts Point Of View Samurai Opponent

Book:The Book of Five Rings

Source: The Book of Five Rings

“It’s one thing to lose to a better opponent and quite another to beat yourself.”

Losing Competition Quotes Opponent Losing Quotes Opponent Quotes Beat Yourself Beat Yourself Quote Competition Quote Losing Quote

Book:Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

Source: Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“I remind myself that my fiercest opponent will be my own brain’s well-meaning protective circuitry. It’s a lesson I first learned in my breakthrough 1,500-meter race in Sherbrooke more than two decades ago, but its implications continue to surprise me. I’m eager to learn more, in the coming years, about which signals the brain responds to, how those signals are processed, and—yes—whether they can be altered. But it’s enough, for now, to know that when the moment of truth comes, science has confirmed what athletes have always believed: that there’s more in there—if you’re willing to believe it.”

Truth Brain Breakthrough Belive Opponent

Book:Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set

Source: Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set

“...when they are gone, it will be use staring across a chessboard at each other. And when I best you, I will make sure I do it as thoroughly as I would any opponent who has shown themselves to be my equal.”

Threat Holly Black The Folk Of The Air Jude Duarte Jude The Wicked King Father And Daughter Madoc Opponent Best You

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“. . . what matters in combat is adaptability, boldness and maintaining A cool exterior, whilst penetrating your enemy's soul with An icy cold stare - Diary of A Combat Fiend”

Psychology Battle Plan Detached Demeanor Cold Heart Boldness And Attitude Aloofness Opponent Fighting To Survive Strategy For Life Cool Quotes Combat Fiend Penetrates

Book:Dirty Fighting : Lethal Okinawan Karate

Source: Dirty Fighting : Lethal Okinawan Karate

“There is no stronger opponent than death.”

Death Strong Death And Dying Deathbed Enemy Quotes Death Quotations Opponent Stronger Quotes Opponents Quotes Strong And Weak

Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Fighting was chess, anticipating the move of one's opponent and countering it before one got hit.”

Fighting Chess Holly Black The Folk Of The Air Jude Duarte Jude The Wicked King Opponent Anticipating Countering

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,” said Gauck.”

Traction Opponent Skilled Neutralize

Book:The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

Source: The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

“Before each series I spent a lot of time visualizing new ways to neutralize our next opponent’s attack.”

Attack Opponent Neutralize

Book:Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

Source: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

“When you are in the ring, do not show your opponent that you are scared of them.”

Power Fight Consistency Boldness Mohlala Nkahloleng Schoonoord Opponent Kgano Royal

Author:Nkahloleng Eric Mohlala

“Before picking fights, learn to assess your opponents.”

Wisdom Battle Experience Fight Prudence Opponent Oppose Assess Yourself

Book:Galaxy Pirates

Source: Galaxy Pirates

“Very often the most-fanatical opponents of a theory or dogma can be crowned its greatest champion when personal circumstances or the prevailing societal wind changes. Once-heretical ideas now directly suit their purpose.”

Conversion Convert Opponent St Paul Damascus Heretical Gospels Heretical Works Road To Damascus Switching Your Thoughts Turncoat

Author:Stewart Stafford

“Every Great Story involves a normal person who answers the Call to become a HERO. Every HERO has a worthy opponent. Who is Yours?”

Hero Opponent Answering The Call Great Stories

Author:Lance Wallnau

“One thing that makes aikido is so powerful, it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight.”

Powerful Fight Win Aikido Opponent Utilize Art Of Peace

Author:Toba Beta

“Sqauash is the only gane where you call your ‘opponent’ a ‘partner’, and both of you play on the same side!”

Life Inspirational Sports Attitude Partnership Game Sportsmanship Squash Opponent

Author:Sandeep Sahajpal

“Sqauash is the only game where you call your ‘opponent’ a ‘partner’, and both of you play on the same side!”

Life Inspirational Life Lessons Sports Game Partner Squash Opponent

Author:Sandeep Sahajpal

“The purpose of Karate is to guide you out of trouble by any means necessary, both in actual combat and in life”

“Eye-for-eye’ policy works well when you are stronger than the one who has hurt you. When your opponent is more powerful than you, ‘offer your other cheek’ law often works better.”

Happiness Opponent Eye For Eye Offer Your Other Cheek

Book:31 Ways to Happiness

Source: 31 Ways to Happiness

“The weakest opponent is a mannequin.”

Opponents Enemy Quotes Opponent Mannequins Mannequin Opponents Quotes Adversary Quotes Model Quotes Opponent Quotes

Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Don’t push back. Keep asking questions. Insist on drilling down to definitions (“Define Star Trek”), details, and sources. And see if you can outlast your bullying opponent. If you can—if he walks away exasperated—then, despite all I’ve written about previously…you win.”

Bully Win Walk Away Opponent Insist Push Back

Book:Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

Source: Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

“Your opponent can observe and exploit any systematic pattern almost as easily as he can exploit an unchanging repetition of a single strategy. It is unpredictability that is important when mixing.”

Strategy Systematic Unpredictability Observe Pattern Opponent Exploit Mix

Book:The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

Source: The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

“It is to our advantage to hate our opponent, but to our disadvantage to underestimate our opponent.”

Hate Humility Hatred Competition Opponents Arrogance Underestimate Competitors Opponent Competitor

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Hating our opponent benefits us. Underestimating them benefits them.”

Philosophy Wisdom Hate Respect Competition Opponents Underestimate Stoicism Opponent The Art Of War

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.”