Accumulating wealth Quote by Rutherford B. Hayes

The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps…

— Ezra Heywood

Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence,…

— Pope Francis

In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their…

— Charles Darwin

“It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim…

— Timothy Ferriss

And yet, strange to say, now that this truth is recognized by most cultivated people — now that the beneficent working of the survival…

— Herbert Spencer

Under the natural course of things each citizen tends towards his fittest function. Those who are competent to the kind of work they undertake,…

— Herbert Spencer

Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.

— Albert Schweitzer

I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their…

— Bill Walsh

We have to compete within ourselves relative to the determination it takes to be successful.

— Nick Saban

The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out…

— Jack Welch

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

— Andrew Carnegie

In economic life competition is never completely lacking, but hardly ever is it perfect.

— Joseph A. Schumpeter