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Quotes About Rivalry

Make an enemy of jealousy and envy. As fast and soon as you can…. The art world is high school with money.
~ Jerry Saltz
[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.
~ Gordon S. Wood
Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival.
~ Thiruvalluvar, Kural
Envy yearns to find flaws.
~ Wayne Gerard Trotman
Envy expresses itself through condemnation. The louder the condemnation the greater the envy.
~ Marty Rubin
I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little
~ John Knowles, A Separate Peace
La mejor manera de explotar el deseo de ganar puntos de tu contrincante es permitir que los gane. Concédele puntos que no perjudiquen tu objetivo de forma irreparable.
~ Jay Heinrichs
It is because of men that women dislike one another.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
When you're in politics you've got to play the game.
~ Jean Edward Smith
J'embrasse mon rival, mais c'est pour l'étouffer.
~ Jean Racine
Constance, with her plainness, deafness, and superior age (she was three years older than Henry), probably did not strike Alice as a serious rival for her brother's love.
~ Jean Strouse
Community is the place where are revealed all the darkness and anger, jealousies and rivalry hidden in our hearts. Community is a place of pain, because it is a place of loss, a place of conflict, and a place of death. But it is also a place of resurrection.
~ Jean Vanier
Jane easily dribbled around her. "HA! MAD COW! YOU'RE ALL MAD COWS!" "AND YOU'RE A"—shouted Melissa furiously—"YOU'RE A MADDER COW!
~ Jeanne Birdsall
You had to clearly choose. Shaq was jealous of Kobe. Kobe wasn't jealous of Shaq. Kobe just wanted to kick everybody's ass.
~ Jeff Pearlman
He met Caire's eyes. I hope we can finish this soon. I left your sister in my bed. St. John swore under his breath and stepped between them, facing Val. Are you insane? Many think so,. Val was watching Caire, his lips twitching. Caire hadn't moved. Only his eyes, hard and staring and trained upon Val, showed that he'd heard Val's words. Those eyes burned a bit like Séraphine's, Val mused, and he wondered if the other man truly meant to kill him this morning. Well, he would certainly try .
~ Elizabeth Hoyt
We all know how ruthlessly these American millionaires crush their rivals as they climb to power.
~ Elizabeth Peters
We should call it a draw. You tried to shoot me, I tried to poison you. As I said before Peabody, we are well matched.
~ Elizabeth Peters
King Stephen would never be a threat to his cousin's life, however bitter their rivalry had been, but if once she was made captive, he would be forced to hold her in close ward for his crown's sake. Nor was she ever likely to relinquish her claim, even in prison, and agree to terms that would lightly release her. Friends and allies, thus parted might, in very truth, never see each other again.
~ Ellis Peters
Otros niños también llegaban, que se conocían y no, niños lindos y no, desenvueltos y no, allí todo el mundo rivalizaba en belleza, en calidad, en todo lo que se podía rivalizar frente a la puerta de los Lastarria y era un poquito como si todo el mundo se estuviera odiando.
~ Alfredo Bryce Echenique
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
~ Ali ibn-Abi-Talib
Taylor sighed. Going head-to-head with Sharpay on a school assignment was really beneath her. But the more Taylor considered it, the more she liked the idea of seeing her own poem in the paper. After all, the words "published poet" would look awfully good on those Ivy League college applications. "You know what?" Taylor said. "What?" Sharpay snapped. Hands on hips, Taylor stepped forward till the girls were nose-to-nose. "Bring it on.
~ Alice Alfonsi
The early meeting-houses in country parishes were seldom painted, such outward show being thought vain and extravagant. In the middle of the eighteenth century paint became cheaper and more plentiful, and a gay rivalry in church-decoration sprang up. One meeting-house had to be as fine as its neighbor.
~ Alice Morse Earle
Dear Logan, I'm sorry that the stupid Russians shot you. Mainly because I really want to shoot you, and I hate that they beat me to it. Maddie
~ Ally Carter
For instance, it is quite clear now that all of the peoples of the earth have not always wished one another well. Indeed we are certain now, are we not, that so many people have wished us ill. They wish us ill. They have always done. They still do.
~ Ama Ata Aidoo