We must be vigilant that we don't sink into the morass of sectarianism, mixing, pettiness etc. We must not get involved in… — Thomas S. Power Copy Share Image
“We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I think I was a little disappointed in her. I expected then people to be more of a piece than I do… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
In the absence of a great dream pettiness prevails. Shred visions foster risk taking, courage and innovation. Keeping the end in mind… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
You are different from the really great man in only one thing: The great man, at one time, also was a very… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He looked tired, irritated, and slightly defeated. It was beautiful.” — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image
A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I have decided to keep a record of my inmost real-self thoughts. Perhaps it will help me to find out what I… — Rosamond Lehmann Copy Share Image
When we play the part of a great man too much, we seem very small. — Philippe Nericault Destouches Copy Share Image
Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness. — George Iles Copy Share Image
“You can't discuss the ocean with a well frog - he's limited by the space he lives in. You can't discuss ice… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
Pettiness of mind, ignorance and presumption are the cause of stubbornness, because stubborn people only want to believe what they themselves can… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
You are chosen to be faithful women of God in our day, to stand above pettiness, gossip, selfishness, lewdness, and all other… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
But the writer who endures and keeps working will finally know that writing the book was something hard and glorious, for at… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
Is all anger sin? No, but some of it is. Even God Himself has righteous anger against sin, injustice, rebellion and pettiness. — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Most people were already living inside their own irritation.” — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image
Today I offer a prayer of forgiveness: forgive the pettiness of my ingratitude... the absence of profound thankfulness. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
“Pettiness often leads both to error and to the digging of a trap for oneself. Wondering (which I am sure he didn't)… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Constitution gives us a standard to follow. We cannot define impeachable offenses to a greater degree than the language of the… — Asa Hutchinson Copy Share Image
