Where there is competition, one cannot attain (true) 'Knowledge'.

The only person you should compete with is you.

The way of the sage is to act but not compete.

I'm for each and against none.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves.

If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Do as adversaries do in law-Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

We learn not for life but for the debating-room.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Man has risen so far above all other species that he competes in ways unique in nature. He fights by means of complicated weapons; he fights for ends remote in time.

Man is a gaming animal. He must be always trying to get the better in something or other.

A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.

He may well win the race that runs by himself.

When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long.

It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords or pens, gold or fame, the game's the thing.

Competitions are for horses, not artists.

The wise man doesn't compete; therefore nobody can compete with him.

Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive; but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may become injurious for the individual and for the community. Therefore, the school and the teacher must guard against employing the easy method of creating individual ambition, in order to induce the pupils to diligent work ... The most important motive for work in the school and in life is the pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community. In the awakening and strengthening of these psychological forces in the young man, I see the most important task given by the school.