He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Benjamin Franklin
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals. Hermann Maier
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. Christian Nestell Bovee
In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest in fighting Germany and instead was determined to get someone else to assume the burden. He guessed right. John Mearsheimer
Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the American people, custodians of the American heritage. It is my task to report the State of the Union - to improve it is the task of us all. John F. Kennedy
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. American Proverb