When we talk about competitions, we tend to think of it as a race to defeat our enemies in a specific area. But this is not entirely true, since competitions help us evaluate our personal abilities, discover weaknesses to improve and learn from the knowledge of others. Which helps us be bigger.
To better understand this facet of life and personal development, here we will review the best phrases about the competition
The most inspiring phrases about competition
Taking into account this way of seeing the competitions, we bring a compilation of the competitions that will make us reflect on our own performance.
1. Falling is allowed. Getting up is mandatory! (Russian proverb)
You can’t compete if you don’t have the spirit to keep going.
2. I have not failed. I have found 10000 solutions that don’t work. (Thomas Alva Edison)
The most important thing to move forward is to have a different vision of failure.
3. Maturing is losing some illusions to start having others. (Virginia Woolf)
Many dreams are things that we cannot achieve, but we can find another direction.
4. The harder life is for a man when he is young, the easier it will be in the future. (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Remember that tough trials leave the most valuable lessons.
5. When things get tough, the hard part is getting going. (Joseph Kennedy)
It is normal to want to give up, so it is important that you find new motivation.
6. You will understand me… when your soul hurts like it does me. (Frida Kahlo)
We don’t need to experience the same things as others to be empathetic.
7. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind, not with it. (Henry Ford)
Professional competitions are not a race of speed, but of effectiveness.
8. The way to start is to stop talking and start doing it. (Walt Disney)
The beginning is the most difficult, but it will be the only really difficult thing.
9. Don’t try to have it all. Aim for what matters most and what you are willing to constantly work on. (Jessica Herrin)
It is impossible to have everything, we have to focus on what matters most.
10. There is another way to survive the competition, one that no one seems to tell you about, you must learn it for yourself. 5th place is not a race at all; there are no winners or losers.
Remember that everything that rises must fall.
11. If I want to fly, I will find a way to fly. Do what you want and screw the rest.
Follow your life the path you decide, not others.
12. Do not compete against what is happening. To compete is to prepare for failure. (Frank Herbert)
Competing leads us to prepare better.
13. It is amazing that Humanity still does not know how to live in peace, that words like competitiveness are the ones that rule over words like coexistence. (Jose Luis Sampedro)
Negative competitiveness is where we seek to stand out above the well-being of others.
14. Constant innovation is the only way to stay competitive, because no advantage is sustainable in the long term. (Jorge González Moore)
You stay on top as long as it’s original.
15. A competent man is a man who makes mistakes according to the rules. (Paul Valery)
You have to follow the rules to be able to do something different.
16. I am not in competition with anyone else except myself. My next goal is to beat my last performance. (Celine Dion)
You will not be able to surpass another, if you do not concentrate on improving yourself first.
17. If you are able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence. (Barbara Cook)
There can be no competition when you are yourself.
18. The reality is that we love competition, at Apple we think that it makes us all better. (Tim Cook)
Every competition should enhance a person’s positivity.
19. I have no friends or enemies, only competitors. (Aristotle Onassis)
In business, everything is a race to be the best.
20. Vitality is revealed not only in the ability to persist but also in the ability to start over. (Francis Scott Fitzgerald)
If you don’t like something, the best thing you can do is leave it and try something new.
21. Disappointment is not something you look for, but it has a wonderful way of clearing the mind. (Stephen King)
Disappointments make us understand where our limits begin.
22. It doesn’t matter how many times you have failed. You only have to get it right once. (Mark Cuban)
Real failure is when you don’t try again.
23. If a player is afraid of competitive setbacks, he will never create anything new. (David Bronstein)
If we always fear losing, we will never find happiness.
24. The father who competes against his son loses one minute per lap. (Enzo Ferrari)
There should not be any type of harmful competition in the family.
25. The future is our refuge from the fierce competition of our ancestors. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
How to remedy yesterday’s mistakes? Being better tomorrow.
26. Competition is what forces companies to get out of their complacency, or comfort zone. (John Mackey)
Sometimes we need a push to leave conformism.
27. Enthusiasm is contagious. It is difficult to remain neutral or indifferent in the presence of a positive-thinking person. (Denis Waitley)
Positivity spreads in a very productive way.
28. A calm sea never made a good sailor.
It is in challenges where we find the motivation to move forward.
29. He who only lives for himself is dead for others. (Publio Syrus)
If you only listen to your ego, you are condemned to loneliness.
30. Study! Not to know one more thing, but to know it better. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
The only way to be better is to learn.
31. The world is changing very quickly. The great will no longer defeat the small, rather the fast will defeat the slow. (Rupert Murdoch)
You should never judge people by their appearance, they can surprise us.
32. It is necessary to have as much discretion to give advice as docility to receive it. (François De La Rochefoucauld)
Prudence is a virtue that helps us continue in the race.
33. It is not the strongest or most intelligent who survive, but those who best adapt to changes. (Charles Darwin)
The ability to adapt is more valuable than any talent.
34. Utopia is on the horizon. I walk two steps, she walks away two steps and the horizon moves ten steps further. So, for what does the utophy works? For that, it is useful for walking. (Eduardo Galeano)
Easy things are over very quickly. The difficult thing lasts.
35. The motive does not always exist to be reached, but to serve as a point of aim. (Joseph Joubert)
We don’t always get to where we dream, but we get to where we need to go.
36. You travel not to search for your destination but to escape from where you start. (Miguel De Unamuno)
Travel helps us have a better perspective of the world.
37. Difficulties are meant to wake us up, not discourage us. The human spirit grows through conflict.
Every obstacle can be favorable, if we see it that way.
38. He who has his own light makes those who are in darkness uncomfortable.
Remember that those who are jealous will always want to bring you down.
39. Man discovers himself when he measures himself against an obstacle. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Tests are to help us know our own abilities.
40. Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people. (Qubein Nest)
Advice on where we should focus our interests.
41. The least common thing in this world is to live. Most people exist, that’s all. (Oscar Wilde)
Surviving is not the same as living to the fullest.
42. Whatever you do, be different: that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you are different, you will stand out. (Anita Roddick)
Do you want to win a competition? Be different from others.
43. And only in competition, I see life. (Enzo Ferrari)
An effect when we use competitiveness as something positive.
44. You have to move on to the next chapter in life when the time comes. Not getting stuck on the same page forever.
Holding on to a moment or a memory prevents us from appreciating our present.
45. True learning occurs when the competitive spirit has ceased. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
When you stop comparing yourself to others and start pleasing yourself.
46. Your biggest competitor is what you want to become. (Jim Taylor)
We will always be struggling with the way we see ourselves.
47. Creativity could well be the last and unfair competitive legal advantage that we can take advantage of to trample the competition. (Dave Trott)
Creativity is the secret ingredient that allows us to be original.
48. Information is power, particularly when competitors ignore the opportunity to do the same. (Mark Cuban)
Remember that all knowledge is an opportunity that you can use to your advantage.
49. It takes less time to do something well than to explain why it was done wrong. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The importance of always looking for effective solutions.
50. There can be no great feat without great competition. (Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla)
Those who get to the top by stepping on others are never happy.
51. It’s good to have valid competition. It pushes you to do better. (Gianni Versace)
Remember that your competition should motivate you, never the opposite.
52. Don’t get caught up in the need to get something. That’s how everything is achieved. (Frank Herbert)
Detaching from desires is what leads us to appreciate what we achieve.
53. You learn so much from the competition that you gain more confidence every time you have to step up to get results. (Natalie Gulbis)
Knowledge of others helps you boost yourself.
54. Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people. (David Sarnoff)
Unfortunately not everyone is willing to have a fair game.
The mistake of competition is wanting to be more, above others.
56. Victories are counted by the number of lives saved, and from time to time if you are smart you can save your own life.
By helping others we are able to see our potential.
57. Don’t judge yourself and don’t judge others. Help other women get up. (Jessica Herrin)
The spirit of competition is in helping those who fall, to continue running.
58. People don’t take advantage of opportunities because the timing is bad… Too many people analyze too much. Sometimes you just have to go for it. (Michelle Zatlyn)
Sometimes it is better to stop overanalyzing and just dare.
59. What motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And, with other people who count on me, it is very easy to be motivated. (Jeff Bezos)
Every leader must set the example of healthy competition.
60. I consider the one who conquers his desires to be braver than the one who conquers his enemies, since the hardest victory is the victory over oneself. (Aristotle)
Learning to control ourselves leads us to have better performance.
61. Hitting rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. (J.K. Rowling)
We can find a lot of inspiration when we are down.
62. If you are going through a storm, keep walking. (Winston Churchill)
After any storm, the sun comes out.
63. It is hard to fall, but it is worse to have never tried to climb. (Theodore Roosevelt)
Climbing is a constant of lessons learned.
64. History is an incessant beginning over. (Thucydides)
We can start over any time we need to.
65. Nothing is lost if you have the courage to proclaim that everything is lost and you have to start again. (Julio Cortazar)
Even leaving something that does not fulfill us should not be considered a failure.
66. We should live as many times as the trees, which after a bad year put out new leaves and start again. (Jose Luis Sampedro)
A beautiful reflection that nature leaves us.
67. Do not measure yourself by what you have achieved, but by what you should have achieved with your ability. (John Wooden)
Your skill is your work tool.
68. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. (Jim Rohn)
It’s no use having inspiration if we don’t make it part of our routine.
69. You win and you lose, but I have a lot of fun in all its development. This is very important: have fun with what you do. (Clorindo Testa)
Life is full of ups and downs and at any moment of it, we learn something new.
70. Anger, pride and competition are our true enemies. (Dalai Lama)
Elements that lead us to be blinded by ambition.
71. Anyone standing in the lane on your side will be your biggest competition, because they made it to the finals. (Usain Bolt)
Your competence is a reflection of your own potential.
72. In two words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: keep going. (Robert Frost)
The only lesson that matters is to continue.
73. Challenges are gifts that force us to find a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stay upright. (Oprah Winfrey)
The way we should observe life’s challenges.
74. In important tournaments you don’t have to fear losing a game, but rather the loss of spirit that this can cause. (Alexander Alekhine)
Failure begins when discouragement overcomes us.
75. Ask yourself a question: is there anyone who can do it better than me? It’s another way of saying know yourself and your competition. If this is better, you need to offer something they lack. (Donald J. Trump)
You have something that others do not possess.
76. Focusing on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity. (Daniel Burrus)
It is okay to learn from others, as long as it is essential to focus on yourself.
77. It is better to cross the line and suffer the consequences, than to stare at the line for the rest of your life.
Not having dared is the worst regret we will have in our future.
78. We all have two lives. The second begins when we realize that we only have one. (Tom Hiddleston)
When we understand that there is only one life, that is when we begin to search for our happiness.
79. A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help someone up. (Proverb)
Your race to the top should be full of good experiences with others.
80. Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. (Calvin Coolidge)
You will never be able to reach your goal if you are not consistent.
81. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, the bathroom doesn’t do it either, which is why we recommend it daily. (Zig Ziglar)
Motivation is something that we must cultivate every day.
82. Huge amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent is wearing a skirt. (Shirley Chisholm)
Talking about the disparity in skills between men and women.
83. Incompetence is all the more harmful the greater the power of the incompetent. (Francisco Ayala)
Doing nothing is as harmful as exploiting yourself.
84. Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand. (Hayley Williams)
You won’t win all your competitions, but you will know what you need to improve.
85. He who keeps learning stays young. The best thing in life is to keep your mind young. (Henry Ford)
Youth is eternal, as long as we have an adventurous spirit.
86. Races are won on the last lap. (Angel Nieto)
Sometimes, it’s the last door that holds the treasure.
87. Don’t take yourself seriously, but take the competition seriously. (Richard Branson)
Remember that you can’t control everything, only make yourself stand out.
88. You have no control over what the other person does, you only have control over what you do. (AJ Kitt)
You are not responsible for others, only for yourself.
89. Life always offers you a second chance. It’s what we call tomorrow.
You can lose a race, but it doesn’t have to be your last.
90. I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent given to me. He believed in myself and the goodness of others. (Muhammad Ali)
Working on our talents is what helps us achieve success.
91. When you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start to have positive results. (Willie Nelson)
If negative thoughts don’t work for you, why not try thinking positive?
92. Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. (Stephen Kaggwa)
Failure is natural, but it should never be a chain that stops us.
93. A horse never runs as fast as when it has to catch up and surpass other horses. (Ovid)
Learn from the experiences of experts.
94. I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. (Oscar Wilde)
Know how to use our strengths to be productive.
95. The talent to be happy is to appreciate and like what you have, instead of what you don’t have. (Woody Allen)
When you seek to stand out, you learn to appreciate what makes you feel good.
96. Nothing is more common than talented men who have not been successful. (Calvin Coolidge)
It’s no use having talent if you don’t work on it to be productive.
97. A wise man lives by doing, and not thinking about doing, and even less thinking about what he will think when he has finished doing. (Eastern philosophy)
Advice to start living, instead of worrying about others.
98. Don’t love what you can’t trust. Don’t hate what you can’t have. Don’t say what you can’t prove. Don’t judge what you don’t know.
We should never hold on to things, because this robs us of power.
99. Each person is special, unique and irreplaceable. It takes time and effort to understand this fundamental question.
We are all special because we are different.
100. All my life I have faced tough competition, I wouldn’t know how to move forward without it. (Walt Disney)
Competencies help us find better solutions.
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