Willie Mays Quotes

Sometimes people surprise us. People we believe we know.

people think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong.

To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.

Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible.

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Be on guard against your friends.

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.

Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

You can never assume that something is going to do well.

When the narrator says, 'This is a story without surprises,' most of the time, this is not what happens.

You only get disappointed with who you trust the most.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

Do not fall asleep in your enemy's dream.

Things are always different from what they might be.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.

It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him, gives me a sort of right to do so.

Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!

I don't think things are ever exactly the way one expects, and I don't think things are ever the way one assumes they are at the moment. What I actually think is that one has no idea of what things are like, ever.

My main point today is that usually one gets what one expects, but very rarely in the way one expected it.

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.