Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that’s a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.

A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has.

We have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know – you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla in the car business as we do in the space business.

Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business.

I try to make it look easy, but the behind-the-scenes stuff is the challenge.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.

There’s a reason that I have confidence out there, and it’s about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we’ve got to stick with that kind of thought process.

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.

Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.

In college, a loss is pretty devastating. That feeling kind of goes away in an 82-game season. You hate to lose, but you also have a lot more games to make up for it.

If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn’t be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.

Every successful businessman will have experienced set-backs and failures – they’re lying if they say they haven’t. Virgin has had some tremendously successful businesses and some that have not quite worked out. Virgin Cola springs to mind – the product wasn’t distinct enough from Coca-Cola.

I’m not a centerfold.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

I’m not the most attractive fella. I’m not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.

I don’t kiss nobody’s butt.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.

I’m proud of ‚Stop Making Sense,‘ but it’s a little bit of an albatross; I can’t compete with it, but I can’t ignore it either.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Clothing & fashion are kind of my security blanket, almost.

Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

We want to play the AFC Cup every year.

When I’m ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance of surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers.

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Since the team understands that the leader is de facto in charge, in that respect, a leader has nothing to prove. But in another respect, a leader has everything to prove: Every member of the team must develop the trust and confidence that their leader will exercise good judgment, remain calm, and make the right decisions when it matters most.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

When I step forward on the floor, I have the confidence that I’m the best player playing that night and that I am the most prepared at what I need to be doing.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

If I wished to do something, even if I couldn’t find anyone who wanted to make the effort with me, I would go out solo climbing. I did find solo climbing very challenging and a little frightening. You knew that you were completely on your own, and you had to overcome all the problems and possible dangers.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

I’ve got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I’ve done it.

When people say, you know, ‚Good teacher,‘ ‚Prophet,‘ ‚Really nice guy’… this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you’re left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

It’s what counts, isn’t it, on the Sunday, rather than pre-season testing. If you lock up, you do a little mistake, it’s nothing, but if you do it on Sunday, you lose a place or you have to box for a flat spot or something like that. It’s a much bigger problem.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It’s the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

It is not so much our friends‘ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

We’ve always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways… It’s lasted now about 14 years, and we’re very pleased to have survived it.