Superiors Quotes · Page 19

The inhabitants of territories, often the theatre of war, are unavoidably subject to frequent infringements on their rights, which serve to weaken…

— Alexander Hamilton

[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative…

— Alexander Hamilton

The very act of creation requires such focused concentration that vast areas of knowledge may be completely overlooked. Well, so what? There…

— Tom Robbins

A horse perceives eye contact as provocative, as if it and its status in the herd are not being respected. If it…

— Anonymous

When we receive with an entire and perfect resignation the afflictions which God sends us they become for us favors and benefits;…

— Vincent de Paul

Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.

— John Daly

There are two kinds of happiness - the temporary pleasure derived primarily from material comfort alone and another more enduring comfort that…

— Dalai Lama

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Of course, both [Oscar] Wilde & [Vladimir] Nabokov believe in many things, and these things emerge in their writing clearly - for…

— Joyce Carol Oates

The power generated of ten minds for good is superior to that of ten thousand minds acting on a lower motive. But…

— Prentice Mulford

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

— Henry David Thoreau

The corporeal element in man is a large screen and partition that prevents him from perfectly perceiving abstract ideals; this would be…

— Maimonides

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The iPad is a superior consumption device for material on the Web.

— Mike McCue

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.

— Muhammad Ali

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

— Confucius

. . .nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities.

— John James Audubon

It is not for us to hold ourselves above the position of grateful people. We have to be able to accept. Anything…

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme…

— Noah Webster

It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.

— Don Marquis

All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and…

— Sun Tzu

Before games are played in common, no rules in the proper sense can come into existence. Regularities and ritualized schemas are already…

— Jean Piaget

Respectability is a very good thing in its way, but it does not rise superior to all considerations. I would not for…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego…

— Eckhart Tolle