Doe Quote by Guy R. McPherson Download Open image “Feeling superior doesn't make one superior. Hubris does not humble others.” — Guy R. McPherson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe Feelings Hubris Humble Superiors
Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Most people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I'm not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior. — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
It is easy to be humble when a greater is preferred; but when an inferior is lifted high above our heads, how can we… — Constance Fenimore Woolson Copy Share Image
Through being "right", you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It's very easy for us to be humble when no one else is around. There is no reason for us to demonstrate our superiority,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Humility is the fundamental principle that builds up greatness. Arrogance on the other hand never brings anything good. When you are humble, you’ll learn… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you really think the environment is less important than the economy try holding your breath while you count your money. — Guy R. McPherson Copy Share Image
“ As pointed out by French author and Nobelist in literature André Gide: "Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since… — Guy R. McPherson Copy Share Image
The money to be made is clearly more important than the extinctions we cause, including our own. — Guy R. McPherson Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
