Please tell me where you found it.
2007-12-26 14:41:34 · 14 answers · asked by wedfg 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
My personal favorite is:
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
Abraham Lincoln
2007-12-26 14:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by I-wunder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the ones I know about returning good for evil or loving your enemies are from Jesus.
This is from Matthew Chapter 5, the sermon on the mount:
23"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
25"Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26"Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.
38"You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.'
39"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
40"If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
43"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.'
44"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
46"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?
2007-12-26 22:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Firebird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gospel of Mathew 5:44, bible "Love thy enemy"
The implication to go with it I had found to be very interesting. This is just for your interest if you'd like. Here it is:
How does one love an enemy? Notice that the passage makes it clear that he does not have to attempt to work up an artificial feeling of love. The quality of love commanded here is expressed by giving. Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute you. Loving an enemy involves doing good toward that enemy in order to win him over to the cause that you represent. The message of the kingdom, therefore, is that we will win over those who oppose us more readily with love than with hatred. It is not in the divisiveness of contention that we win our greatest converts, but in the application of the heart of the gospel and the love of Christ.
2007-12-26 23:08:15 · answer #3 · answered by sweeta : 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." I don't know where it came from originally, could probably do a search if you're so inclined. I heard it in the movie 'Alien vs Predator' (the first one).
2007-12-26 22:50:10 · answer #4 · answered by unclewill67 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer
2007-12-26 22:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!!
2007-12-26 22:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by CNS322 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.
2007-12-26 22:44:05 · answer #7 · answered by Sport 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do we not also defeat our enemies when we make them our friends?
Abraham Lincoln
2007-12-26 22:46:30 · answer #8 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer...
2007-12-26 22:44:33 · answer #9 · answered by kiaboo16 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love your enemies -- bible
2007-12-26 22:43:41 · answer #10 · answered by Merry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋