Superiors Quotes - Page 20

• If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Independent, Equality, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.157, A&C Black

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• Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Lying, Stupid

  Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.247

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• My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard."

  Marianne Moore

  Father, Flower, Glasses

  "Silence" l. 1 (1935)

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• When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable.

  Charles Dickens

  Faith, Men, Moral

  Charles Dickens (1839). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”, p.539

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• Men are superior to women. For one thing, men can urinate from a speeding car.

  Will Durst

  Women, Car, Speeding

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• There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.

  Confucius

  Wise, Men, Bravery

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• You are not only a man, you are a superior man: a man who does his best to live as love in the world and in his intimacy, a man whose heart remains open and whose truth remains strong.

  David Deida

  Strong, Heart, Men

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.77, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A jealous person is doubly unhappy-over what he has, which is judged inferior, and over which he has not, which is judged superior. Such a person is doubly removed from knowing the true blessing of creation.

  Desmond Tutu

  Jealousy, Blessing, Knowing

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• Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned also through envy, envying our glory, our happiness. Why do we envy the happiness and the goods of others? Because we are proud; we should like to be the sole possessors of talents, riches, of the esteem and love of all the world! We hate our equals, because they are our equals; our inferiors, from the fear that they may equal us; our superiors, because they are above us.

  John Vianney

  Children, Hate, Pride

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• I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality, and inasmuch as it becomes a necessity that there must be a difference, I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Two, White, Differences

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.132, Penguin

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• The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

  Confucius

  Heart, Character, Men

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• To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Sex, Heart

  Mahatma Gandhi (1930). “Young India”

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• I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors; as a cousin, she is convenient; as a wealthy grandmother with an incurable distemper, she is precious; as a wet-nurse, she has no equal among men. What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.

  Mark Twain

  Cousin, Grandmother, Men

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain’s Letters & Speeches (Annotated Edition)”, p.1026, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Work and self-worth are the two factors in pride that interact with each other and that tend to increase the strong sense of pride found in superior work teams. When people do something of obvious worth, they feel a strong sense of personal worth.

  Dennis F. Kinlaw

  Teamwork, Strong, Educational

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• All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.

  Plato

  Inspirational, Plato, Men

  Plato (1866). “The Republic of Plato, tr. with an analysis and notes, by J.L. Davies and D.J. Vaughan”, p.55

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• Be superior to pleasure.

  Cleobulus

  Good Life, Pleasure

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• Arrogance is despised by God because no one has the right to feel superior to another when all are equally dependent on Him for everything.

  Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi

  Arrogance, Feels, Dependent

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• The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.

  Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks

  Men, Vanity, Morality

  Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks (1976). “The Female Imagination”

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• Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

  Marv Dunphy

  Volleyball, Athlete, Want

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• Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

  Socrates

  Philosophical, Equality, Sisterhood

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• As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.

  Donna Woolfolk Cross

  Men, Apples, Adam

  Donna Woolfolk Cross (2009). “Pope Joan: A Novel”, p.84, Broadway Books

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• I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.

  Martin Van Buren

  Country, Believe, Men

  Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

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• In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

  Marya Mannes

  Inspirational, Reality, Our Society

  Marya Mannes (1958). “More in Anger”

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• First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Mistake, Faithful

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.

  Thucydides

  Beautiful, Names, Use

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