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- Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Unknown Author
- As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are… — 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.… — 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… — Thorstein Veblen