Cameron Dokey Quotes

The aim of war now is not to defeat your enemy – that’s probably impossible – but to change the way he and his supporters think.

If I must fight, I'll fight; but I prefer not to spit at my enemy beforehand.

After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.

I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.

If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.

As almost anyone with war experience knows, you're never supposed to show the enemy what you won't do to win.

Never be more scared of the enemy than you think he is of you.

According to U.S. strategy, if you never see the other, his destruction will be more acceptableso that when Iraqi soldiers surrendered, sooner than expected, it was as if they emerged from a dream, a flash-back, a lost epoch--an epoch when the enemy still had a body and was still "like us.

A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods. Disciplined and calm, he awaits the appearance of disorder and hubbub among the enemy. This is the art of retaining self-possession.

Our enemies are our outward consciences.

When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant “Goliath!” and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath.

We shall kill. If you have not killed at least one German a day, you have wasted that day... Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed.

All I can tell you is that I know the enemy, allies, and troops hear what I say.

Pride is the great enemy of unity

So, Beav, tell me about yourself." "I'm Blue." "Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, either." "My name is Blue. Blue Bailey.

A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status.

If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a milder name when I think of the evils it brings.

This naming of things is so crucial to possession - a spiritual padlock with the key thrown irretrievably away - that it is a murder, an erasing, and it is not surprising that when people have felt themselves prey to it (conquest), among their first acts of liberation is to change their names.

The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

The mind and heart is the field upon which war is waged within us. If we can stop that internal fear-based battle, then those outside of us will be affected as well.

Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!

I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it was a low opinion that he kept trying to erase.

Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all.

If it's possible to have an enemy without making it personal or moral, then that's what I'm trying to do.