Motivational Competitive Quotes

I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see". ~ Dick Fosbury

Now and then, always be cutthroat or you'll be brushed aside. ~ SoulWanderer_

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. ~ Adolph Rupp

A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change. ~ Lester Thurow

There are two sets of business capabilities: Competitive necessity and competitive uniqueness. ~ Pearl Zhu

It is difficult to have a highly competitive organization without highly competitive talent. ~ Pearl Zhu

Theres no competitive advantage in being just like everyone else. ~ Daniel Burrus

I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But you can be competitive on the track, because the rules are very simple and the declaration of the winner is very concise. ~ Paul Newman

You have to find what's good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue. ~ Mitch Albom

Exploiting a sustainable competitive advantage is great ... If you can find it. ~ Rita Gunther McGrath

You have to be competitive to be relevant ~ Sunday Adelaja

I'm not into being competitive. I never saw myself as a competitive type of person. ~ Nonito Donaire

Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage in any business. ~ Patrick Lencioni

It's through diverse opinions and perspectives that a dynamic organisation can drive innovation and create its competitive advantage. ~ Craig Dent

I am competitive, and I like to be as competitive as possible in anything I do. ~ Sergio Garcia

User habits are a competitive advantage. Products that change customer routines are less susceptible to attacks from other companies. ~ Nir Eyal

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain. ~ Aamir Sarfraz (aamir Rajput Khan)

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. ~ Edsger Dijkstra

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom. ~ Michael Chang

Each day, compel yourself to do something you would rather not do. ~ Justin Bienvenue

The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you're doing. ~ Blake Mycoskie

Todays rocks are tomorrows diamonds. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If You Want To Reach An Agreement, Move From a Competitive Mindset to A Cooperative One ~ Ludovic Tendron

The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be only sustainable competitive advantage. ~ Arie De Geus

I feel like I'm the most competitive driver in the motorhome lot. No matter what it is - whether we're racing, playing another sport or deciding who can run to that sign and back faster - I feel like I'm the most competitive person alive. ~ Denny Hamlin

Hardships occur to build a person's character. ~ Sahara Sanders

The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage. ~ Steve Blank

Turbulence that blows you to greatness is better than calmness that stalls you in mediocrity. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Minnesota is very important. You're going to have a competitive race for the Senate, a competitive governor's race, you have an open seat in the 6th (Congressional) District, a state legislature that is closely divided, and a state that was very competitive in 2000 and 2004 and is likely to be again in 2008. ~ Ken Mehlman

To achieve sustained high returns on capital requires possessing features that protect returns from competition; namely, competitive advantages. Identifying what these competitive advantages are and understanding their sustainability is an essential part of the quality investment process. ~ Lawrence A. Cunningham

All of us are extremely competitive. We're kind of competitive with how we work on Radiohead stuff. Having said that, there's also a lot of support. ~ Philip Selway

Because our brains make a mountain out of a molehill of uncertainty, we tend to prefer competitive risk because it feels more secure. But the empirical evidence says that market risk is less risky than competitive risk. ~ Whitney Johnson

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice. ~ Barbara Bush

I genuinely believe that any business can create a competitive advantage through giving outstanding customer care. ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

Smiling can be a competitive advantage. It makes everyone feel better and every situation brighter. ~ Richard Branson

Read voraciously. Read and get jealous. Get competitive. Read like a student. Read critically and generously." - Judy Clain, vice president and editor in chief of @littlebrown ~ Judy Clain

I do consider myself a competitive person, but I'm not competitive to the point where I will do anything to win. I wouldn't step on somebody just to get to the next level. I would have to do it fair and square. I'm kind of competitive in a way to where I like to figure out things myself, and if I need help, I'll ask. ~ Jordin Sparks

Some people emit negative fumes, while others vibrate POSITIVE ENERGY. Stay close to the Positive ones; otherwise you will be smoked to death.-RVM ~ Inspirational Motivational

Everyone has a heart, but not everyone listens to another's ~ Hamza Aslam

I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too ... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel like they're the champ. ~ Curtis Jackson

Creativity may well be the last legal unfair competitive advantage we can take to run over the competition. ~ David Trott

I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring. ~ Christian Louboutin

The world may be responsible for pushing you down, but you are responsible for pulling yourself up. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive. ~ Elvis Stojko

I am a sore loser. It's not that I'm so competitive with others. But I'm competitive with myself. I like to do better than I did before. ~ James Altucher

Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry's current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (and profitability) over time. P. 26 ~ Michael E. Porter

The strongest competitive force or forces determine the profitability of an industry and become the most important to strategy formulation. The most salient force, however, is not always obvious. P. 26 ~ Michael E. Porter

The harvest you reap is in proportion to the seeds you sow. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. ~ Richard M. Nixon

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes. ~ Bruce Forsyth

Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing. ~ Matt Dillon

Empowering people turns Wal-Mart's culture into a competitive advantage. ~ Michael Bergdahl

Optimism is a competitive advantage. ~ Jon Gordon

It did not occur to Adya that like being competitive during exam times, while being competitive in matters of life also the boys would actually tend to ditch their female counterparts in little little matters and get things their way. ~ Anuradha Bhattacharyya

I think the common elements first are that, basically, we are entering markets or in markets that are deregulating or have recently deregulated, and so they have become competitive, moving from monopoly franchise-type businesses to competitive, market-oriented businesses. ~ Bill Vaughan

You're playing competitive, and it's always better to play four competitive rounds than it is two because you sit there for a weekend and then you start all over again. ~ John Daly

The only limits are, as always, those of vision. ~ James Broughton

Many economists are great believers in the idea that everything in nature is competitive and that we should set up a society which is competitive to reflect that. Anyone who cannot keep up, well, too bad. ~ Frans De Waal

I'm not gonna end my life on that! I'm not gonna be a fugitive! I'm not gonna let whoever cross over myself! I'm not going let the circumstances destroy me!" Emma promised in front of the heavens, feeling stronger than ever before. ~ Sahara Sanders

I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself. ~ Hilary Swank

[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work. ~ Jason Statham

You will never be satisfied with anything less than the highest you can attain. ~ Apoorve Dubey

In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge. ~ Ikujiro Nonaka

Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. ~ Simon Cowell

I was ready for huge transformation, emerging from the chrysalis, like the butterfly, a true metamorphosis, alive in all my beauty. ~ Leeza Donatella

So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the United States. This has to be done on the basis of strength, of competitiveness. ~ Angela Merkel

Best Way to Stay Happy is to be busy. ~ Dipika Agarwal

If adversity was truly bad, warriors wouldn't rise from it. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm very competitive, but I know when not to be competitive. I know how to have fun, but I know when it's time to get serious. That makes things a lot easier. ~ Bryan Volpenhein

The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar. ~ Martin Feldstein

There is no failure, unless we fail to begin or we fail to continue. ~ Christopher Babson

We do not rise by making other people fall. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your losses are the starting points of your gains. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A warrior experiences many burials, but only one death. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

[In picking stocks] You really have to know a lot about business. You have to know a lot about competitive advantage. You have to know a lot about the maintainability of competitive advantage. You have to have a mind that quantifies things in terms of value. And you have to be able to compare those values with other values available in the stock market. ~ Charlie Munger

An absolutely perfect world would be a deadly boring place. There's some kind of perfection in slight imperfection. ~ Sahara Sanders

You were born a winner, don't let the world cheat you out of remaining one. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more. ~ Michael Jordan

They tried to break you, but didn't realize they were making you. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing with men on many levels, and I was driven in the military and at Harvard, both competitive environments. ~ Paula Broadwell

A star never loses its shine, not even in the dark. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

At the root of every form of ungodliness, injustice, nepotism, selfishness, every rivalry and competitive jealousy, is the monster called greed. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Don't be color blind, be color brave. Embrace diversity as a competitive advantage. ~ Mellody Hobson

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing. ~ Zephyr Teachout

The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage. ~ Charles Darwin

Along with people willing to disappoint you for being beyond ordinary, there also are many individuals who adore you immensely. ~ Sahara Sanders

I used to criticize my body for everything I felt it wasn't. Now, I praise my body for what it has carried me through. ~ Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

A warrior proves his courage in the heat of battle. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is pressure that bestows beauty on a diamond. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You either run with lions or walk with sheep. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. ~ Amanda Beard

Your dreams will never workout unless you do ~ Sukhdeep Singh

Rise above the limits they set for you. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Virtues untie the knots that life could sometimes bring our way and they glide us through easily. ~ Omoakhuana Anthonia

Sometimes it's OK to go with the flow; you need not to be a winner, diverse, superior, special EVERYTIME. ~ Aman Jassal

In Germany, college tuition is free. In America, college tuition is increasingly unaffordable. In a highly competitive global economy, which country do you think will have the best educated work force and a competitive advantage? We must make tuition free in public colleges and universities and substantially reduce interest rates on student loans. ~ Bernie Sanders

All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers. ~ Robin Sharma

Earn your crown by overcoming your crosses. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When seeds want to rise they drop everything that is weighing them down. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you throw a bird off a cliff, you are helping it find its wings. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo