Rivals Quotes

“If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Fearing a competition is okay, but what is not okay is not making yourself strong enough to face that fear.”
― Pooja Agnihotri, 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure

“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“What happened to the justice system and law when accusations and rumors are believed as truth instead of being proven with evidence? Rumors from sources, paid or bribed by rivals, are as much as lies when not backed up with credible evidence. - Kailin Gow, The New Justice”
― Kailin Gow

“When gorillas smell danger, they run around and call out to the rest of the primates in the jungle to warn them something evil is coming. And when one of their own dies, they mourn for days while beating themselves up in sadness for failing to save that gorilla, even if the cause of death was natural. And when one colony is mourning, their chilling echoes migrate to other colonies — and those neighbors, even if they are territorial rivals, will also grieve with them. When faced with a common danger, rivals turn into allies. And when faced with death, the loss of just one gorilla becomes the loss of the entire jungle.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Remember? We have a rematch. And this time, it’s my turn to shine.” With his goggles on, Sterling got into his stance, keeping an eye on the Professor.
“Oh? I didn’t realize that you were so dull.” I put my goggles on and took my stance as well, making sure that Professor Trinkott was within my line of vision. Challenge accepted.
“Ha, ha, joke all you want, Alvara. Just don’t come crying to me afterwards.”
“I don’t cry when I win.”
― iLana Markarov, The Timekeeper's Secret

“Even while we hate, we still have that deep unusual  compassion for our rivals, and they hate it when they realize that we are feeling sorry for them.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

“Good becomes better by playing against better, but better doesn't become the best by playing against good.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Say my name."

"No." She tipped her head up, her breath sawing out of her lungs. “Don’t stop, please.”

He languidly stroked her. “I won’t stop, but I won’t take you there unless you say it.”

Her voice locked in her throat.

He stroked into her again at the same time giving her the pressure she desired with his thumb. “I have all night.”
― Jessica Lemmon, If You Dare

“How can I shut down
If you don't open up??”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Pierrot & Columbine

“Marynka was Midday. Her opposite. Her rival. Her. . . Was there even a word for a rival who you also wanted to kiss? Whatever she was, Marynka was the very last person she should be having those sorts of thoughts about.”
― Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

“You’re killing me in this proper little suit,” he said, skating a heated look over her shirt. “My place or yours?”

She swallowed thickly, the hand against his chest beginning to sweat. “I-I’m busy.”

“You’re gonna be,” he said, smiling. “Need to know what bed you’re gonna be in, though. Bringing my A game.”

“Don’t you think—?”

“About you underneath me? Only every other minute. Now answer me, or else I’ll throw you on the nearest desk.”

Heat burst onto her cheeks. He noticed.

“Oh, really?” He smiled down at her.”
― Jessica Lemmon, If You Dare

“Lily?”

She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them.

A beat passed. Then another. He flicked the flashlight on, his eyes zooming in on her mouth. “Don’t suppose you’re scared enough of the dark to leave.”

She shook her head. “I don’t suppose you’re planning on leaving me on my own.”

A smile, then, “You might cheat.” He tugged their linked hands and leaned the slightest bit closer.

“True,” she breathed, mirroring his movement. “I wouldn’t trust you if our roles were reversed.” Inches from his face, she admired the curve of his top lip. “What are you doing, Black?”

“I think,” he whispered back, his warm breath fanning over her lips, “I’m going to have to kiss you, McIntire.”
― Jessica Lemmon, If You Dare

“Never let critics pour misery into your cup.
Never let doubters place hesitation in your steps.
Never let cheaters plant suspicion in your heart.
Never let bullies provoke fear in your chest.
Never let evil pierce hatred in your soul.
Never let rivals play games in your head.
Never let slackers pull taut on your reins.
Never let hardships put worry in your rest.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“The successful are not tolerated.”
― Aeschylus, The Ancient Greek Drama Collection: The Plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

“Lily?”

She couldn’t see his face, but she knew his eyes were on her. She could feel them.

A beat passed. Then another. He flicked the flashlight on, his eyes zooming in on her mouth. “Don’t suppose you’re scared enough of the dark to leave.”

She shook her head. “I don’t suppose you’re planning on leaving me on my own.”

A smile, then, “You might cheat.” He tugged their linked hands and leaned the slightest bit closer.

“True,” she breathed, mirroring his movement. “I wouldn’t trust you if our roles were reversed.” Inches from his face, she admired the curve of his top lip. “What are you doing, Black?”

“I think,” he whispered back, his warm breath fanning over her lips, “I’m going to have to kiss you, McIntire.”
― Jessica Lemmon

“Division and separation means no harm to the society. It makes everyone unique.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“Self respect and reality is tough rival when it comes to balance it honestly.”
― Ankit Samrat

“I believe you have my umbrella," he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish.
Celia stares up at him in surprise. At first she wonders what on earth Chandresh's assistant is doing in Prauge, as she has never seen him outside London. Then comes the question of how he could possess such an umbrella.
As she stairs at him, confused, the pieces of the puzzle begin to shift together. She remembers every encounter she had with the man now standing before her in the rain, recalling the distress he had exhibited at her audition, the years of glances and comments she had read as no more than coy flirtation.
And the constant impression as though he is not really there, blending so well into the background that she would occasionally forget he was in the room.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

“The Evejah tells us: When a man’s purse is empty, his rivals grow bolder.”
― Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear

“I thought how wise he was to lure his rival out into the woods, where every fight's fair.”
― Peter Geye

“The world, however, can’t survive exclusively either by cooperation or by competition. If there is no growth without competition, there is no love and peace without cooperation either. Extremes of both are unhealthy. A happy man is one who learns to balance these two extremes. He competes with his rivals and yet does not lose compassion for them.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“An image of Charlotte hung permanently in Robin's head these days, like a shadowy portrait she'd never wanted hung . . . Last night, though, that image had become stark and fixed: a darkly romantic vision of a lost and dying love, breathing her final words in Strike's ear as she lay among the trees.”
― Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood

“The Apple Ad to IBM when the IBM computer launched. Welcome to the most exciting and important marketplace since the computer revolution began 35 years ago. Read the opening sentence of Apple's Ad. Putting real computer power in the hands of the individual is already improving the way people work, think, learn, communicate, and spend their leisure hours. Ove the course of the next decade the growth of the personal computer will continue in algorithmic leaps. We look forward to responsible competition in the massive effort to distribute this American technology to the world. And we appreciate the magnitude of your commitment, because what we are doing is increasing social capital by enhancing individual productivity. Apple signed the letter to their new rival with the words, Welcome to the task. Apple was trying to advance a just cause and IBM was going to help them. IBM accepted the challenge.”
― Simon Sinek, The Infinite Game

“« Sois plus gentille avec moi, la prochaine fois ! » s’exclama-t-il en s’approchant d’elle. Il l’envoûtait totalement, « Je suis certain qu’on pourrait vraiment bien s’amuser tous les deux, mais seulement si tu as apprends à être gentille… » murmura-t-il dans le creux de son oreille avant de s’éloigner et de la laisser seule contre le tronc d’arbre.”
― Myosotis, Vengeance and Legends

“I am sure, and I believe that a miracle is on its way; rivals will embrace shame and bear sorry for their evil deeds.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I am sure, and I believe that a miracle is on its way; rivals will embrace shame and bear sorry for their evil deeds”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“How does she draw out this side of me? The side that dares her to be bold, only to raise the stakes and act bolder myself. The side that competes with her again and again, not to crush her, but to watch her clash against me.”
― Tessonja Odette, A Rivalry of Hearts