Belittle Quote by Khalil Gibran

I am beneath or above no one. When I am independent of the good or bad opinion of others, I stand strong in my…

— Deepak Chopra

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

— Martial

Blessed are those who have learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead…

— Nishan Panwar

Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous…

— Euripides

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has…

— Tryon Edwards

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.

— Abraham Cowley

If you are humble, nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know who you are.

— Mother Theresa

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned…

— John Vianney