Competitions and Contests

​“Your toughest competition in life is anyone who is willing to work harder than you.” -Casey Coleman
 
“Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it.” -Charles Sheldon (Charles Monroe Sheldon (1857 - 1946))
 
“It is the contest that delights us, not the victory.” -Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
 
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you’ve got, is a very pleasant bonus.” -Edmund Hillary (Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 - 2008))
 
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.” -Bonnie Blair
 
“Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” -George S. Patton (George Smith Patton, Junior (1885 - 1945))
 
Riddle: What makes Ford a better car?
Solution: Chrysler.
 
“The race is long but in the end it is only with yourself.” -Author Unknown: “Everybody’s Free” (song)
 
Girl: What did you get the little trophy for?
Boy: For singing.
Girl: What did you get the big trophy for?
Boy: For stopping!
 
“The only competition you will ever have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.” -James A. Ray

“Rarely have I seen a situation where doing less than the other guy is a good strategy.” -Jimmy Spithill
 
“Life is a competition, not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves.” -David B. Haight
 
“Two sketch artists had an art contest. It ended in a draw.” -Author Unknown
 
“The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.” -Anna Brownell Jameson (1794 - 1860)
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“He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “Reflections on the Revolution in France,” page 453
 
“The problem with keeping up with the Jones is that it creates a world full of Jones.” -Julian Barton
 
“All strategy depends on competition.” -Bruce D. Henderson
 
“Life is a competition, not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves.” -David B. Haight
 
“The only person I must be better than is the person I was yesterday.” -Author Unknown
 
We are MFOL! . . . and we declare that everybody is good at something - you only have to keep trying different things until you discover what interests you . . . and then . . . ‘Work At It Until You Excel At It!’ . . .