Quotes About Rivals

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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With such rivals for the notice of the fair as Mr. Wickham and the officers, Mr. Collins seemed to sink into insignificance; to the young ladies he certainly was nothing

that there is such pleasure in enmity that after a while it cannot be left off even if one would will it. Another thing is also true, that when a quarrel is new, one's friends hold one back, and give cool advice, but when it is long-standing, folk put off its end and goad the rivals.

That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles.

There'd be a call from Michigan Scout, then Michigan Rivals, then Iowa Scout, then Iowa Rivals. These guys are competing, and I'm just the guy in the middle giving them the story.

you can judge a man by his choice of enemies as well as or better than by his choice of friends

Shanghai set out to take over from Hong Kong and I think it's done that. It's got the most amazing futuristic skyline which rivals and even betters Tokyo.

Be lavish in your promises," Quintus advised; "men prefer a false promise to a flat refusal. . . . Contrive to get some new scandal aired against your rivals for crime, corruption, or immorality."43

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.

the Brotherhood was not a throwback to the past but a reflection of its modern rivals, with attributes that would allow it to take on such ideologies and defeat them.

At the first rumors of revolt, or even in preventive anticipation, the ruling class would take up the mace and the sword to re-establish its authority. This tension kept the main beneficiaries of the parasitic regime in a state of animal alertness and fitness; and they habitually re-sharpened their predatory edge by hunting lions and tigers. Those who lost their edge and sank into parasitic inertia were speedily displaced by more able and active rivals.

We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.

People keep asking me if I'm watching our rivals' games in the Premier League, but I'm usually on my PlayStation. If I had been watching, it would have been on an illegal stream, so I don't even know why they are asking me.

You cannot choose your opponents.

I don't really pick my opponents.

I never choose my opponents.

I don't pick opponents. I don't care about who I'm going to fight.

I respect all my opponents.

We have to respect the opponents.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

I don't like to choose my opponents.

I don't see any of my colleagues as rivals. I don't think our generation needs to do that. We are a chilled out lot, and we should all be happy.

We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends.