H. Jackson Brown Jr. Quotes

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

There is not a more prudent maxim, than to live with one's enemies as if they may one day become one's friends; as it commonly happens, sooner or later, in the vicissitudes of political affairs.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

It takes years to turn enmity to amity.

Peace is not made with friends. Peace is made with enemies.

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.

Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

If you're an enemy, I would love for you to be a fan, because I don't like enemies.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

The only safe way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend.

You can’t build a united nation on the basis of revenge.

When the war closed, I buried the hatchet, and I won't fight now unless I'm put upon.