Emulation Quotes

32 quotes by 27 authors

Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. — Jimmy Carter
My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole man. ... Where… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
Great masters merit emulation, not worship. — Alan Cohen
ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity. — Ambrose Bierce
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. — Henry Fielding
News at Work is a vivid, inside look at the collision of print journalism and electronic media. Based on close access to the leading news… — Walter W. Powell
As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy… — Thomas S. Monson
I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only… — Samuel Johnson
True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. — Hosea Ballou
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
Biomimicry is â€¦ the conscious emulation of lifeâ€™s genius. — Janine Benyus
Saul Bellow once said, 'A writer is a reader who has moved to emulation' â€” which I think is true. I just started writing and… — Stewart O'Nan
But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they… — Samuel Johnson
Real Fathers are Role Models worthy of emulation. They choose to live exemplary lifestyles of leadership and excellence — Tara Fela-Durotoye
Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we bring new life… — June Jordan
With these shreds They vented their complainings, which being answered And a petition granted them, a strange one, To break the heart of generosity, And… — William Shakespeare
It would seem to me that If this physical life, of which we are now aware, does indeed comprise the entirety of human experience, then… — Derek R. Audette
In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe and trick children… — June Jordan

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