Contests Quotes

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The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest. — Thomas Paine
Louisville, KY - Barack Obama lost Kentucky in 2012 by 23 points, yet the state remains closely divided about re-electing the man whose parliamentary skills… — George Will
I never set limits or created mental barriers. You may have read that I imagined my biceps as big as mountain peaks when I did… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized… — Ezra Stiles
We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that… — Thomas Jefferson
There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict… — Matthew Simpson
I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy]. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each… — James S. Coleman
Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. — Stephen King
It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest. — Baden Powell de Aquino
The problem is maddening. The thing you seek is so close, you feel you could reach out and touch it. You feel it is your… — Dave Sim
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title — Robin Sharma
If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or… — Sam Donaldson
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others... An honest… — Thomas Jefferson
In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment. — Pat Riley
You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead. — Jack Welch
A clean, hard-fought wrestling match is the most honest of athletic contests. There is no technological interventions, no teammates to blame, no panel of judges… — Dan Gable
Despite the amount of suffering, pain, misery, sorrow and travail which can exist in life, the reason for existence is the same reason as one… — L. Ron Hubbard
I never count countries. Travel is not a contest. — Andrew Evans
It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labor to give no offense, & the other labor to take none. The best of… — Richard Sibbes

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