“You will win every race as long as you are the only runner on the track.”

“The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.”

Philip Pullman book Clockwork

“It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle. ”

Richard M. DeVos (1926–2018) American businessman

“The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way. If the runners forget why the reward is offered and become intent on winning, no matter how, they may find other strategies — such as, attacking other runners. If the runners get into a fist fight, they will all finish late.
Proprietary and secret software is the moral equivalent of runners in a fist fight.”

Richard Stallman (1953) American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

“You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer

“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

Jane Wagner (1935) Playwright, actress

“"But… but… you can't fight the way things are…" "But we do. Every day. That's what Jedi are." "You can never win-" "We don't have to win. We only have to fight."”

Matthew Stover book Shatterpoint

“Technological civilizations don’t last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.”

Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer