Appreciated Quote by John Ruskin

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

— Confucius

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those…

— Samuel Johnson

“Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that there are always men who like to feel a natural superiority which is not dependent on accomplish­ment and does…

— Michael Hogan

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is, in fact, a manly and lawful passion for equality which excites men to wish all to be powerful and honored. This passion…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most…

— Erik Erikson

We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and…

— James F. Cooper

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those…

— Samuel Johnson

Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use…

— Rene Descartes

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out…

— Jonathan Swift

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

— Sydney Smith