Competition Quotes - Page 34

• It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us.

  Alexis Arguello

  Beast, Natural, Process

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• The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

  Fred Lebow

  Drama, Inspirational Running, Heroism

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• The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

  Dale Carnegie

  Self, People, Trying

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• For a God that created everything, it is mystifying why he created so much competition.

  Trevor Treharne

  Atheist

  Trevor Treharne (2012). “How to Prove God Does Not Exist: The Complete Guide to Validating Atheism”, p.249, Universal-Publishers

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• First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.

  Jack Welch

  Organization, Survival, Quality

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• In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.

  Upton Sinclair

  Facts, Tests, Prowess

  Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.329, Xist Publishing

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• The inescapable fact is that when we build a society based on greed, selfishness, and ruthless competition, the fruits we can expect to reap are economic insecurity at home and international discord abroad.

  Tommy Douglas

  Home, Greed, Insecurity

  Tommy Douglas' remarks at the Annual Convention of the Saskatchewan CCF in Regina, Canada, July 1951.

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• Because of the expensive system and the competition among various groups, democracy needs a lot of money. As a natural consequence it becomes the slave of the great Jewish international finance which subjugates it by subvention. In this fashion the fate of a people is given into the hands of a caste of bankers.

  Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

  Fashion, Fate, Hands

  Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (2015). “For My Legionaries”, p.372, Black House Publishing Ltd

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• Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book.

  Sid Fleischman

  Children, Hate, Book

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• Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Insecure

  "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich". Book by Tim Ferriss, 2007.

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• Ay! says the Vedanta, it is not the fault of God that this partiality exists, that this competition exists. Who makes it? We ourselves. There is a cloud shedding its rain on all fields alike. But it is only the field that is well cultivated, which gets the advantage of the shower; another field, which has not been tilled or taken care of cannot get that advantage. It is not the fault of the cloud.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Rain, Taken, Clouds

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1054, Manonmani Publishers

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• Designers must educate the public that design is about strategy, not decoration. However, such attempts are repeatedly undermined by a design world hooked on competitions and awards ceremonies that celebrate creativity instead of strategy results and sustainability.

  David Berman

  Creativity, Awards, Design

  David B. Berman (2008). “Do Good Design: How Design Can Change Our World”, p.140, Peachpit Press

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• ..where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individual efforts than any other... regards competition as superior not only because it is in most circumstances the most efficient method known but even more because it is the only method by which our activities can be adjusted to each other without coercive or arbitrary intervention of authority.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Individual Effort, Arbitrary, Way

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• For 40 hours a week competition is awfully stiff but after that there's very little competition .

  Zig Ziglar

  Littles, Week, Hours

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• People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

  Jean Vanier

  Loneliness, People, Community

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• Ultra competitive people who always need to win end up enjoying things less.

  David Niven

  Winning, People, Needs

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• We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

  Bud Wilkinson

  Real, Play, Best Effort

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• I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Age, Competence

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• I set my standards so high, no one could be harsher on me than I was.

  Jim Brown

  Standards

  Jim Brown, Steve Delsohn (1990). “Out of Bounds”, Kensington Publishing Corporation

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• In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

  Jean Driscoll

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for.

  Brian Tracy

  Pay, Advantage, Competitive Advantage

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• Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Player, Challenges

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• I'm only in competition with my last level.

  Erykah Badu

  Adventure, Levels, Lasts

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• It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Games, Important

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• Cooperation is always more powerful than competition.

  Bob Proctor

  Powerful, Cooperation

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