Slights Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights "the servile house," and who would rather… — Dilys Laing
A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all… — Seneca the Younger
Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy. — Lance Armstrong
It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled with conceit when… — Aristotle
When a person has adequate self-esteem little slights offer no threat at all - they are simply "passed over" and ignored. Even deeper emotional wounds… — Maxwell Maltz
After spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to her happiness came… — Louise Penny
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats… — Aristotle
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… — Aristotle
It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights. The reason is… — Elizabeth Kenny
Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. — Jean de la Bruyere
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in… — Carly Fiorina
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough,… — Richard M. Nixon
It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc. — Laura Schlessinger
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand… — Nelson Mandela
Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy. Nobody wants to admit it. We'd all declare we… — Megan Hart
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't… — Steve Martin
Boasting is often carried by certain Americans to the extreme. Often however it is areaction against slights, an effort to veil deficiencies, an effort made… — Adam G De Gurowski

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