If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The evidence indicates that woman is, on the whole, biologically superior to man. — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others. —Confucius” — Steven D. Price Copy Share Image
The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried. — Bud Wilkinson Copy Share Image
The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“If someone teaches only what his superior Man predetermines and orders him to teach, without himself being absolutely convinced of the Meaningfulness… — Sino Melo Copy Share Image
A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“The inferior man lived only in his fantasies, because he lacked willpower and imagination. The superior man made his fantasies a reality.… — Phillip Margolin Copy Share Image
There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty. If ever a man is to achieve anything like dignity,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
While under precapitalistic conditions superior men were the masters on whom the masses of the inferior had to attend, under capitalism the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Austerity means to eliminate the comforts and cushions in your life that you have learned to snuggle into and lose wakefulness. Take… — David Deida Copy Share Image
“Readiness is everything. Resolution is indissolubly bound up with caution. If an individual is careful and keeps his wits about him, he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name? — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. — Confucius Copy Share Image
For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense. — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand. — Confucius Copy Share Image