Definition of Rivalry

Rivalry

The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

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Rivalry Quotations

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
Harry S. Truman

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
William Tecumseh Sherman

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
Eric Cantona

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Henry B. Adams

Hopefully, we can build a rivalry and we'll be able to do this a lot. Make a legacy, then retire champions.
Serena Williams

We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best.
Michelle Wie

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
Luciano Pavarotti

So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about it. Because, you know, I'm not around girls like that. The friends I have in the business, I'm always really happy for them. I think we're always happy for each other. That sounds crap, but it's true.
Emily Blunt

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
Charles Horton Cooley

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.
James M. Baldwin

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.
David Hyde Pierce

Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That's the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.
Earl Campbell

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.
Nicole Appleton

There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
Mackenzie Astin

I think when you saw this year's playoffs, Miami and Detroit have a pretty fierce rivalry now. Also, the Suns and San Antonio look like they're starting to develop something there. I look forward to seeing those rivalries continue and develop.
John Starks

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Brooks Adams

As far as I'm concerned I've never had a problem with anybody, no rivalry.
Soundarya

It was a pretty fierce rivalry. I'm just speaking for myself, but I think it was general through the clubs. We didn't like them, and they didn't like us.
Bobby Thomson

There is no overt rivalry among our children.
Martin Milner

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
John George Nicolay

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
Patti Davis

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.
Mike Tice

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Rivalry Translations

rivalry in Dutch is wedijver
rivalry in German is Wetteifer, Wettstreit
rivalry in Spanish is rivalidad

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