#petition

Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you. ↗

— Sean Covey

#competition #jealousy #jealousy

Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose. ↗

— Baltasar Gracián

#life #life

Life is one race i never want to win, i'd rather stroll around enjoying the scenery ↗

— Aditya Chandra

#life #race #win #life

We all want to be the best at something. Trouble is, some people are only the best at being second best.
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— Jarod Kintz

#better #competition #desire #life #lose

Certainly sand was not suitable for life. Yet, was a stationary condition absolutely indispensable for existence? Didn't unpleasant competition arise precisely because one tried to cling to a fixed position? If one were to give up a fixed position and abandon oneself to the movement of the sands, competition would soon stop. Actually, in the deserts flowers bloomed and insects and other animals lived their lives. These creatures were able to escape competition through their great ability to adjust--for example, the man's beetle family. While he mused on the effect of the flowing sands, he was seized from time to time by hallucinations in which he himself began to move with the flow. ↗

— Kōbō Abe

#competition #fixity #family

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#cumulative #democracy #education #history #inheritance

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#birds #cheese #competition #mice #timing

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#between #competition #con #everyone #good

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#because #best #competition #department #ensures

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#competing #competition #into #introduce #most