Quotessence
Home / Topics / Competition Quotes

Competition Quotes

Browse 2418 quotes about Competition.

Related topics

PeopleIfsThinkingWinningSportsWantWorldWayMenKnowsTryingMeanWellsYearsFirstsGamesDifferentFeelsKindNeedsShouldCompanyCompetingPlayHas BeensImportantAthleteGivingLongRunningBelievePlayerCountryGovernmentHardLevelsStillsCompetitorsHelpingWholeMayTodayTwoBigsIndividualFightingHumansLooksPersonsRealBusinessIdeasInspirationalLittlesMonopolyProductsEndsRaceStatesCareArtEconomicInterestJobsLawLosesProblemAbleDoeDoneEconomyFieldsFocusSchoolShowsGoalI CanCapitalismHealthyMotivationalOpportunityTeamTrainingBeatsChallengesGuyWarChildrenChoicesIndustryInternationalNextUseWritingAbilityConflictEnjoyLastsMindPracticemore

Competition Quotes

“Empowered Women 101: Only an insecure woman with control issues will look outside her relationship and say other people are to blame for her husband's lack of focus, love and respect. A real woman knows that the problem isn't other people; it is her man. If he truly loved you he wouldn't have ever made you an option and went looking for what he felt you didn't have. Don't waste your time trying to convince someone to see your worth by destroying others. There will always be someone prettier, smarter, more spiritual and more accomplished than you to distract this person. A real woman knows her worth and will never have to train anyone to recognize it.”

TrustCompetitionJealousyControlWorthInsecuritiesEmpowering Women 101Real WomanFear Anxiety
Author:Shannon L. Alder
Create image

“Oh, what the ocean did to a man. How unmatched it was. One could competitively build a giant castle made of sand or even hire architects to construct a true castle by the shore made of rocks and furnish its enormous insides with crystals. Yet plop him closer to the sea and within seconds, he will yield and feel as dumb as any other measly man lost at land.”

MenHumanityPowerStrengthOceanCompetitionBeachFrailtyBeachesThe Beach
Book:A Happy Ghost
Create image

“You want to choose a path that puts the odds of winning in your favor; in poker, it’s called game selection. What determines if you win in any game (or business) isn’t how good you are; it’s how good you are relative to your competition. That’s why it’s so important to know your own strengths and weaknesses and find a market in which you have an inherent advantage.”

PathStrengthWeaknessAdvantageCompetitionOddRelativeWinGameFavor
Book:Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy
Create image

“I hated reunions. It made myself felt so little afterwards. When I was there, I couldn’t help not knowing. But after I knew things, I couldn’t stop comparing. I was congratulating people when they told me the good news, but deep inside I was wondering whether their good news was better than mine. Life wasn’t supposed to be a competition, but it really felt like one.”

LifeFriendshipFriendsCompetitionReunion
Book:What I Wish I Had Known
Create image

“FORKED BRANCHES We grew up on the same street, You and me. We went to the same schools, Rode the same bus, Had the same friends, And even shared spaghetti With each other's families. And though our roots belong to The same tree, Our branches have grown In different directions. Our tree, Now resembles a thousand Other trees In a sea of a trillion Other trees With parallel destinies And similar dreams. You cannot envy the branch That grows bigger From the same seed, And you cannot Blame it on the sun's direction. But you still compare us, As if we're still those two Kids at the park Slurping down slushies and Eating ice cream. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)”

LifeDreamRealitySuccessRelationshipsFamilyDestinySunGrowing UpFateGrowingDreamsTreeChildhoodYouthFriendsLivingRootsCompetitionEnvyReal LifeJealousyBranchesNeighborhoodResentmentTruth Of LifeSuccess In LifeTreesFriendshipsSchoolsReunionFamiliesDifferent DirectionsSuzy KassemPathsFamily QuotesSeedDifferent PathsYouth CultureStreetRelativesDirectionsPaths Of LifePaths QuotesBranchSchoolmatesDirections In LifeDestiniesFamily BranchesFamily Branches QuoteGrow Different Directions
Book:Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Create image

“And here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society and to impose its conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. It is unfit to rule because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within his slavery, because it cannot help letting him sink into such a state that it has to feed him instead of being fed by him. Society can no longer live under this bourgeoisie; in other words, its existence is no longer compatible with society. The essential condition for the existence, and for the sway of the bourgeois class, is the formation and augmentation of capital; the condition for capital is wage-labor. Wage-labor rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the laborers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. The development of modern industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundation on which the bourgeoisie produces and appropriates products. What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.”

ExistenceSocietyIndustryVictorySlaveryCompetitionInevitableIsolationIncompetenceCapitalProletariatBourgeoisieRuleWage LaborUnfitGrave Diggers
Book:The Communist Manifesto
Create image

“Competition does not drive me. I do things better for pleasure and without trying. I mistakenly studied difficult subjects that were no use to me when I might have studied the arts for pleasure, which would have smoothed my path. I wasted time trying to be good at math. I taught myself the things that mattered to me most: to write and to take pictures.”

WritingArtistPleasureEducationLearningAmbitionPhotographyCompetitionCreative ProcessSelf Taught
Book:Autoportrait
Create image

“Yet again, if the fixed nature of matter prevents it from being always, and in all its dispositions, equally agreeable even to a single soul, much less is it possible for the matter of the universe at any moment to be distributed so that it is equally convenient and pleasurable to each member of a society. If a man traveling in one direction is having a journey down hill, a man going in the opposite direction must be going up hill. If even a pebble lies where I want it to lie, it cannot, except by a coincidence, be where you want it to lie. And this is very far from being an evil: on the contrary, it furnishes occasion for all those acts of courtesy, respect, and unselfishness by which love and good humor and modesty express themselves. But it certainly leaves the way open to a great evil, that of competition and hostility.”

LoveRealityPleasureCompetitionCourtesyHostilityConvenienceIndividuals
Book:The Problem of Pain
Create image

“Female competition is when you are with a guy you like and you look around, see that you're the prettiest girl in the vicinity and feel a huge sense of relief that there's no one to take the attention away from you. (Female competition is a result of women feeling like their greatest sense of self worth , identity and influence comes from their sexual appeal to men. Many women don't even realise they are feeling this way and it's a subconscious thing, but they notice themselves getting jealous when they see other women who they think men would find sexually appealing.)”

WomenRelationshipsFeminismDatingCompetitionSelf WorthJealousyReliefGirlsRivalrySex AppealObjectificationMale GazeCompetitiveSexual ObjectificationFemale Completion
Book:Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Create image

“Be that kind of girl who smiles when you walk past other girls instead of casting a dirty look. Don't buy into the notion of female competition that society so heavily promotes.”

GirlWomenSocietyFeminismCompetitionSmileFeministEqualityGenderJealousyFriendlyGirlsCompetitivenessObjectificationFeministsWomen S IssuesSexual ObjectificationFemale CompetitionDirty Look
Book:Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Create image

“Suppose you want something very much. You think that if you don’t get that something, happiness won’t be possible. You get caught in that idea. But, in reality, there are people who have that thing who are miserable, and there people who don’t have that thing who are perfectly happy.”

HappinessDesireBusinessDreamsFailureVictoryCompetitionRat RaceSucccess
Book:Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts
Create image

“A true friend does not make you win by making you the winner to the detriment of the true winner. He makes sure that you become a loser, not because he likes the way you fail, but to enlighten you on how it feels to be treated that way and to demonstrate that love and respect are not exclusive.”

LoveTruthSuccessUnderstandingJusticeKindnessSelf EsteemHonestyFailureLosingRespectRegardCompetitionWinnerReality Of LifeTreatmentFairnessTrue FriendGainTrue FriendsUnbiased
Author:Michael Bassey Johnson
Create image

“I feel life today is too competitive to be enjoyable. Even if you don't want it to be, life is one intense competition, and how well you fare in it will determine your happiness and success. Most people just want to look like a winner more than they want to be a winner. I detest the competitiveness that permeates the society and how everything revolves around establishing yourself as a unique individual and honing skills that you can advertise in the market place. Contrary to popular belief, competition is not always beneficial. It adds a lot of unwanted frustration and stress. It can be destructive to one's self-esteem. Competition makes us imitate our competitors and we lose our identity in the midst of it. Why does it matter how successful someone else is in comparison to me? To be honest, I don't really care about being successful now. I just want the freedom to do anything I want without having to worry about social standards.”

SuccessCompetitionIndividualityConformityImitationMinimalismUnlearningSocial Standards
Author:Sai Pradeep
Create image

“What is happiness? We have been taught to be ambitious and competitive, but no ambitious person has ever been happy. If you watch the people who have succeeded in the world, who have all the money, power and success in the world, they are not happy. Happiness has nothing to do with success. Happiness has nothing to do with ambition. Happiness has nothing to do with money, power and prestige. Nothing fails like success. Happiness is a totally different dimension. Happiness has to do with your being, with your consciousness not with ambition and success.”

HappinessSuccessJoyMoneyConsciousnessPowerFameAmbitionCompetition
Book:The Call of the Heart
Create image

“Imagine what we could achieve if we all tried to help, or if at the very least we caused no harm. Imagine if we tried to be of worth rather than stockpile wealth. Or if we tried to contribute rather than compete. What if we committed to not just being the best husbands or wives, mothers or fathers, siblings and friends, but also the best neighbours and the best strangers?”

WealthMoneyWifePositive ThinkingHusbandCompetitionHarmHelpStrangersStockpile
Book:What's Going On? How Can We Help?: The consequences of capitalism and actionable steps towards a healthy and sustainable future
Create image

“Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social media platforms incentivize and facilitate relational aggression. Their openness and willingness to share emotions with other girls espouses them to depression and other disorders. The twisted incentive structures of social media reward the most extreme presentations of symptoms.”

SexWomenCompetitionSocial MediaAdulthoodEvolutionary PsychologyEating DisordersCriticPerfect Body
Book:The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Create image

“We're a society of brats, fighting over the same toys. That, for me, is the closest we come to be inherently evil as a people. It leads to selfishness, inflexibility, and impatience -- among so many other traits that are ugly and harmful. We're combative, competitive, petty, and suffer from one fatal flaw that I can never get my head around. We recognize behavior in others that makes us insane, while turning right around and doing the exact thing to someone else.”

PeopleLifeChildrenEvilSocietyCompetitionGoodSelfishnessInsanityMaturityMaterialismToysImpatienceThingsBratsInflexibility
Author:Trevor D. Richardson
Create image

“I managed to find a small spot to squeeze my bike's handlebars in between a few other fast-looking machines. As I set my helmet and shoes in position for a quick getaway, one of my new neighbors stepped up. He introduced himself and asked me how I thought I would do in the race. Not a standard question, I thought. I told him I just wanted to finish and end the race with a smile. He was not impressed.”

AttitudeVictoryCompetition
Book:The Purpose-Driven Marketing Handbook: How to Discover Your Impact and Communicate Your Business Sustainability Story to Grow Sales, Retain Talent, and Attract Investors
Create image

“Teams that spend a lot of time learning the tricks of the trade will probably never really learn the trade.”

WorldLoveLifeWisdomInspirationSuccessMotivationFaithQuotesPassionHopePeaceLeadershipAttitudeCourageSuccessfulDreamsSelf EsteemPositive ThinkingInspireTrustBooksFailureVictoryTrainingDeterminationPatienceCompetitionWordsDareGoalsSelf ConfidenceTriumphCoachingDaringPublishingNever Give UpYou Can Do ItWillpowerAuthorsIdeaSpeakingJudgeFamousCounselingCoachConnectMotivatorPromo
Author:Yuri Boganov
Create image

“The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.”

LifeBelieveLightInspirationHappinessSuccessJoyLife LessonsValuesFaithHumanitySpiritualityHopeOpportunityEnergyChangeFreedomCompassionDestinyPowerCourageStruggleJourneyStrengthAcceptancePositive ThinkingHumilityPerspectivePrideConfidenceGratitudeTravelAmbitionRespectDeterminationLuckCompetitionSmileSatisfactionAccomplishGoalsAwakeningMemoirWanderConquerFearlessJudgementAuthorWriterInner StrengthCherishComing Of AgeParenthoodDreamerLove YourselfLearnFreeLaughBe ProudSoarDream BigEnjoy LifeFollow Your DreamsNever QuitLiberatingLimitlessInner BeautyFollow Your HeartForgiveGoal SettingDon T Give UpNo RegretsService To OthersExploreCrossroadsContentGoals In LifeFresh StartReflectionsBestsellerChancesWanderlustBe HappyRisk TakingEmpowerRoad TripDig DeepNomadLove Thy NeighborBohemianResiliencyThick SkinThink Outside The BoxFind YourselfConquer FearChase DreamsLiberateLive Life QuotesFollow Your Own PathLove ThyselfSoul FoodDon T Worry Be HappyOne Life100daysdrivePush LimitsStart All OverBreak BarriersGood Soul100 Days DriveControl You LifeCarmaker
Book:100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
Create image

“The high road of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.”

LifeBelieveLightInspirationHappinessSuccessJoyLife LessonsValuesFaithHumanitySpiritualityHopeOpportunityEnergyChangeFreedomCompassionDestinyPowerCourageStruggleJourneyStrengthAcceptancePositive ThinkingHumilityPerspectivePrideConfidenceGratitudeTravelAmbitionRespectDeterminationLuckCompetitionSmileSatisfactionAccomplishGoalsAwakeningHealMemoirWanderConquerFearlessJudgementAuthorWriterInner StrengthCherishComing Of AgeTeamworkParenthoodDreamerLove YourselfLearnFreeLaughBe ProudSoarDream BigEnjoy LifeFollow Your DreamsNever QuitLiberatingLimitlessInner BeautyFollow Your HeartForgiveGoal SettingDon T Give UpNo RegretsService To OthersExploreCrossroadsContentGoals In LifeFresh StartReflectionsBestsellerChancesWanderlustBe HappyRisk TakingEmpowerRoad TripDig DeepNomadLove Thy NeighborBohemianResiliencyThick SkinThink Outside The BoxFind YourselfConquer FearHigh RoadChase DreamsLiberateLive Life QuotesFollow Your Own PathOpen RoadLove ThyselfSoul FoodDon T Worry Be HappyOne Life100daysdrivePush LimitsStart All OverBreak BarriersGood Soul100 Days DriveControl You LifeCarmaker
Book:100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
Create image

“We love our partners for who they are, not for who they are not.”

LifeBelieveLightInspirationHappinessSuccessJoyLife LessonsValuesFaithHumanitySpiritualityHopeOpportunityEnergyChangeFreedomCompassionDestinyPowerCourageStruggleJourneyStrengthAcceptancePositive ThinkingHumilityPerspectivePrideConfidenceGratitudeTravelAmbitionRespectDeterminationLuckCompetitionSmileSatisfactionAccomplishGoalsAwakeningHealMemoirWanderConquerFearlessJudgementAuthorWriterInner StrengthCherishComing Of AgeParenthoodDreamerLove YourselfLearnFreeLaughBe ProudSoarDream BigEnjoy LifeFollow Your DreamsNever QuitLiberatingLimitlessInner BeautyFollow Your HeartForgiveGoal SettingDon T Give UpNo RegretsService To OthersExploreCrossroadsContentGoals In LifeFresh StartReflectionsBestsellerChancesWanderlustBe HappyRisk TakingEmpowerRoad TripDig DeepNomadLove Thy NeighborBohemianResiliencyThick SkinThink Outside The BoxFind YourselfConquer FearChase DreamsLiberateLive Life QuotesFollow Your Own PathLove ThyselfSoul FoodDon T Worry Be HappyOne Life100daysdrivePush LimitsStart All OverBreak BarriersGood Soul100 Days DriveControl You LifeCarmaker
Book:100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
Create image

“Travel is costly yes, but it pays dividends too.”

LifeBelieveLightInspirationHappinessSuccessJoyLife LessonsValuesFaithHumanitySpiritualityHopeOpportunityEnergyChangeFreedomCompassionDestinyPowerCourageStruggleJourneyStrengthAcceptancePositive ThinkingHumilityPerspectivePrideConfidenceTravelAmbitionRespectDeterminationLuckCompetitionSatisfactionAccomplishGoalsAwakeningWanderConquerFearlessJudgementAuthorWriterInner StrengthCherishParenthoodDreamerLove YourselfBe ProudSoarDream BigFollow Your DreamsNever QuitLiberatingInner BeautyFollow Your HeartForgiveGoal SettingDon T Give UpNo RegretsService To OthersExploreCrossroadsContentGoals In LifeFresh StartReflectionsBestsellerChancesWanderlustBe HappyRisk TakingEmpowerRoad TripDig DeepNomadLove Thy NeighborResiliencyThick SkinThink Outside The BoxFind YourselfConquer FearChase DreamsLiberateLive Life QuotesFollow Your Own PathLove ThyselfSoul FoodDon T Worry Be HappyOne Life100daysdrivePush LimitsStart All OverBreak BarriersGood Soul100 Days DriveControl You LifeCarmaker
Book:100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
Create image