Contests Quotes

335 quotes by 295 authors

If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we… — Patrick Henry
People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a rock-throwing… — Don Murray
I had a clear vision of myself winning the Mr. Universe contest. It was a very spiritual thing, in a way, because I had such… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
In those days contests were extremely rough and frequently cost the participants their lives. Thus, whenever I sallied forth to take part in any of… — Yokoyama Sakujiro
If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or contest or fiery… — Howard W. Hunter
Art has never been a popularity contest. — James Levine
I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. — Joseph Conrad
But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength, The scorn… — William Cowper
I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes… — Abraham Lincoln
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the… — Hermann Bondi
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment,… — Walter Savage Landor
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means… — Thomas Jefferson
It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the… — Sun Tzu
I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall.… — Bruce Forsyth
Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow… — Zig Ziglar
No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man.....it is simply… — Thomas Huxley
The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest, and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent… — Thomas Jefferson
To presume a want of motives for such contests . . . would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. — Alexander Hamilton
I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him. — Patience Jonathan
We need to recapture the gospel glow of the early Christians who were nonconformists in the truest sense of the word . . . Their… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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