154 quotes found
“Most people, the minute they meet you, were sizing you up for some competition for resources. It was as if everyone lived in fear of a shipwreck, where only so many people would fit on the lifeboat...”
“The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals.”
“Competition is used for discrimination. Harmony makes everything perfect.”
“Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I dont like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I dont like it.”
“.....My race is Photofinish.”
“Strength should always be complimented by softness. If you resist too much, you will break. Thus, the strong person knows when to use strength and when to yield, and good fortune and disaster depen...”
“Play to win, not "not to lose".”
“One of the most powerful lessons in life is to recognize that no one can give you power, and many people dont want you to have it. You have to find the courage to seize it, own it and hold on!”
“That person staring back at you when you look in the mirror... that's your competition.”
“I don't compete against other women. To uplift others means I'm never looking down on them. I applaud their strength, and I remind them that we never know how strong we are until we are tested. And...”
“Of course, competition against others is there, but it should serve to challenge you. To show you how well other people are competing against themselves.”
“Runner up is champion of the losers.”
“No one here to count your Qualities, but everyone is good enough to point out your Mistakes.”
“Where there is competition, one cannot attain (true) 'Knowledge'.”
“...it is the fear of the past; a fear not merely of the evil in the past, but of the good in the past also. The brain breaks down under the unbearable virtue of mankind. There have been so many fla...”
“If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”
“I don't know where this pressure came from. I can't blame my parents because it has always felt internal. Like any other parent, my mother celebrated the A grades and the less-than-A grades she fel...”
“if you gone come in second, you're just the first loser!”
“To succeed in this competition means finding yourself in a place where you call the shots and get the gains. This is not an easy feat, unless you are born into it. if you are not, you will need to ...”
“COMPETITOR is one who can steal a few deals, but, the pinch of which, A VISIONARY Never feels...!”