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Lao-TzuWhen you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Franklin RooseveltCompetition 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.

—  Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945]

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Charles de GaulleAlways choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Bob MarleyThe day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Bill GatesI am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.

—  Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman

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Ayn RandA creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Ayn Rand“Free competition enforced by law” is a grotesque contradiction in terms.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Aristotle OnassisI don’t have friends or enemies, I have competitors.

—  Aristotle Onassis, 1900-1975, Greek tycoon

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Baltasar GracianNever compete with a man who has nothing to lose.

—  Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer

Thomas SowellCompetition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

Kin HubbardIf capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

—  Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist

Muhammad AliFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

—  Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016, American boxer

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Free competition is worth more to society than it costs.

—  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., 1841-1935, 

Bertolt BrechtWhat keeps a man alive?
He feeds on others.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

William MaxwellA writer is a reader who is moved to emulation.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

William Hazlitt The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Terry PratchettSometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Marshall McLuhanThe more you make people alike, the more competition you have. Competition is based on the principle of conformity.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Maurice ChapelanDeath is like a competition where everyone hopes to be last.

—  Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist

Stefan ZweigIn chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, for someone to play against himself is absurd... It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

—  Stefan Zweig, 1881-1942, Austrian writer

Funny Quotes

Steven WrightThe sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

HesiodPotter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard.

Και κεραμεύς κεραμεί κοτέει και τέκτονι τέκτων και πτωχός πτωχώ φθονέει και αοιδός αοιδώ.

—  Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -26

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Special Quotes

We’re number two. We try harder.

—  Advertising slogan for Avis car rentals

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Movie Quotes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Magic Mirror on the Wall. Who is the fairest one of all?

—  from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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