Chess Quote by Benjamin Franklin

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by…

— Benjamin Franklin

Life is a kind of chess.

— Benjamin Franklin

It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology.

— Yuri Averbakh

Human nature being what it is, peace must inevitably be a relative condition. The essence of life is struggle and competition, and to that…

— Javier Perez de Cuellar

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

— Garry Kasparov

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his…

— Alexander Alekhine

“And are we not guilty of offensive disparagement in calling chess a game? Is it not also a science and an art, hovering between…

— Stefan Zweig

It is one of the most fatal illusions that, by substituting negotiations between states or organized groups for competition for markets or for raw…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

All life is a struggle… Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert…

— Samuel Smiles

I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.

— Marilyn Manson

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

— Benjamin Franklin

Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten.

— Benjamin Franklin