C Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with C. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Competition, envy, and judgment are the root of all issues between women. And most of these issues have something to do with a man.”
Source: This Girl's Got Game: A Smart Girls Guide to Having the Upper Hand over Men in This Game Called Love
“Competition exists to choose who gets the prize when the prize can’t be shared.”
“Competition for status is a zero sum game”
“Competition for the future is competition to create and dominate emerging opportunities-to stake out new competitive space. Creating the future is more challenging than playing catch up, in that you have to create your own roadmap.”
Source: Competing for the Future
“Competition for the sake not of destroying one another, but for the sake of bettering and improving both competitors as a result of the competition.”
“Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.”
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”
“Competition has never been more threatening than it is now. Innovative thinkers challenge the status quo in their organizations. They are often viewed as "troublemakers." They threaten the defenders of the status quo. So competition within an organization can also be brutal. The most effective leaders overcome "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom" by being change agents themselves. They encourage and reward innovative thinking. I have observed that people only resist changes imposed on them by other people.”
“Competition helps you to be innovative and innovation is what keeps us going and moving from one civilization to another advanced civilization.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“Competition impedes creativity because you present yourself in a way that's going to been seen by somebody outside of you. You're not very much yourself and it limits you.”
“Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small.”
Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science
“Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.”
“Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.”
“Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want to live in Chula Vista?”
“Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas.”
“Competition is a moral problem and an emotional tangle and a political conundrum.”
Source: Rumors from the Cauldron: Selected Essays, Reviews, and Reportage
“Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results.”
“Competition is a rude yet effective motivation.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Competition is a sin.”
Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
“Competition is a tough weed, not a delicate flower.”
“Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.”
“Competition is all about you. It's about feeding your selfish needs. It feeds the depravity of your heart.”
“Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.”
“Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.”
“Competition is an easy way to get into flow.”
“Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion-I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.”
“Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.”
Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
“Competition is for dogs and horses.”
“Competition is for the competent.”
“Competition is good for consumers for the simple reason that it compels producers to offer better deals - lower prices, better quality, new products, and more choice.”
“Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.”
“Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.”
“Competition is healthy ... but there is more to life than winning or we should nearly all be losers”
Source: The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future
“Competition is healthy, if you can turn it off and on. When someone gets too cocky in victory, that can ruin the positive aspect.”
“Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die...Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.”
“Competition is healthy. It makes you work harder and strive for more and try to find that extra one or two percent in your game that you could possibly improve.”
“Competition is key to developing players. The only practice environment in which you truly develop a player is a competitive arena.”
“Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use their knowledge for their purposes, because nobody else possesses the information”
“Competition is merely the absence of oppression.”
“Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.”
Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
“Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existing markets is to create and own new ones.”
“Competition is part of life, and with competition comes the constant reality that one might be rejected or defeated.”
Source: The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
“Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.”
“Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.”
“Competition is the death of art.”
“Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses”
Source: My Years With General Motors
“Competition is the hallmark of a free enterprise economy. For the past thirty years, however, corporate America has been doing everything it can to cut competition, with major corporations merging and consolidating at every opportunity.”
Source: War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War ont he American Dream and How to Fight Back
“Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization”
“Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress. It ensures that all advantages which result from higher productivity may eventually be enjoyed.”