Rivalry Quotes

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Women, Great, Power

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
Harry S. Truman

War, Experience, Social

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Henry Adams

Life, Friendship, Friend

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
William Tecumseh Sherman

Him, Accept, Create

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

Good, Long, Put

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
Charles Horton Cooley

Time, Human, Control

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
James Dyson

Science, Sexy, Human

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
Serena Williams

Able, Champions, Build

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Brooks Adams

Life, Friendship, Friend

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
Harlan Coben

Real, Friendly, Together

The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.
William Perry

Between, Rights, South

Not everybody can like what I do, and if you feel that somebody is coming up closer to you and starting the rivalry and everything, you maybe change your position to him.
Novak Djokovic

Change, Him, Everybody

When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.
Paul Theroux

Dad, Writing, Him

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
Luciano Pavarotti

Fight, Try, Against

People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
Victoria Justice

Hate, Justice, Same

So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about it. Because, you know, I'm not around girls like that. The friends I have in the business, I'm always really happy for them. I think we're always happy for each other. That sounds crap, but it's true.
Emily Blunt

Business, Happy, True

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.
Peter Jackson

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.
Nicole Appleton

Between, Cause, Sisters

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
Patti Davis

America, Odd, Sibling

In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively.
Ismail Haniyeh

Leadership, Government, Serious

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.
Bob Wells

Good, Around, Here

There is no rivalry between Google and traditional advertising.
Maurice Saatchi

Between, Google

Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That's the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.
Earl Campbell

Great, Job, Winning

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.
David Hyde Pierce

Time, Him, Remember

There is no overt rivalry among our children.
Martin Milner

Children, Among, Overt

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.
Gretchen Wilson

Mothers, Daughters

There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
Mackenzie Astin

Nothing, May, Together

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
John George Nicolay

Politics, Activity, Sharp

We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best.
Michelle Wie

Best, Game, Trying

As far as I'm concerned I've never had a problem with anybody, no rivalry.
Soundarya

Problem, Far, Anybody

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