55 Quotes About Adversary

The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a superior ability which she would have found honor in challenging; it was ineptitude—a gray spread of cotton that ‘seemed soft and shapeless, that could offer no resistance to anything or anybody, yet managed to be a barrier in her way.

I was clearly fascinated by him, but had the strange sense that he was equally fascinated by me. As far as he was concerned I was the devil itself, but the devil always holds a variety of attractions.

It is unquestionably foolish to begin a battle when you don't know the full strength of your adversary.

The Navy tasked us with flying these adversary missions four to five times a year from NAS Fallon, Nev., but the costs of getting the adversary aircraft, pilots and maintenance staff out to NAS Key West was just getting too expensive. In order to save money we decided to establish a detachment of 12 jets permanently down in Key West.

If the purpose of naming an aircraft carrier is to convey the strength and seriousness of this country and our military, then we have certainly accomplished that, ... Something tells me that any potential adversary of the United States will take notice when word arrives that the USS Ronald Reagan has been sighted offshore.

We have learned that loyal competition and respect for the adversary are strong values of this fantastic party that we have lived together.

an adversary that continues to develop some sophistication on very deadly and increasingly precise standoff weapons.

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius . . . he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.