Quotes by Emulation Great masters merit emulation, not worship. Alan Cohen emulation motivation leadership I think what happens in the world, and I think it's part human nature and part programming, is we become an emulation of what we see. We become clones of each other. Alicia Keys emulation world thinking ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity. Ambrose Bierce emulation envy capacity Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition. Benjamin Disraeli emulation competition inspiration Nothing is so contagious as example; never was there any considerable good or ill done that does not produce its like. We imitate good actions through emulation, and had ones through a malignity in our nature, which shame conceals, and example sets at liberty. Francois de La Rochefoucauld emulation liberty example When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment. Hannah More emulation vanity contentment Emulation embalms the dead; envy, the vampire, blasts the living. Henry Fuseli emulation vampire envy Praise begets emulation,--a goodly seed to sow among youthful students. Horace Mann emulation students praise True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. Hosea Ballou spontaneous emulation charity Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice. Honore de Balzac emulation envy role-models Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius. Janine Benyus emulation genius conscious More lives are influenced by emulation than exhortation. Johnny Hunt emulation leadership Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself. Ken Danby emulation development artist Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. Ouida emulation envy virtue A writer is a reader moved to emulation. Saul Bellow emulation reader writing When emulation leads us to strive for self-elevation by merit alone, and not by belittling another, then it is one of the grandest possible incentives to action. Samuel Johnson emulation incentives self Where there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly. Samuel Johnson emulation folly vanity Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification. Sydney Thompson Dobell emulation envy sin With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper. Thorstein Veblen emulation business self If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation. Thomas Jefferson emulation wise men 12»
