Quotes About Superiority

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will probably end up dating the best looking blind chick.

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.

CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute our very essence.

When some one boasted that at the Pythian games he had vanquished men, Diogenes replied, "Nay, I defeat men, you defeat slaves."

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

I teach you the Overman. Man is something which shall be surpassed.

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

the more I see the better satisfied I am that I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Though [Theophanu] was of the weak sex she possessed moderation, trustworthiness, and good manners. In this way she protected with male vigilance the royal power for her son, friendly with all those who were honest, but with terrifying superiority against rebels.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Emotion in the heart is like poison in a substance, like fire latent in reeds-one ought to be aware of this. Therefore, as superior people do their work, they do not feel exalted when given status, do not feel aggrandized when honored, do not pay attention when treated familiarly, do not become suspicious when treated with aloofness, and cannot be abased. Thus they cannot be moved by emotions.

'Bloody do-gooders' is my expression for people who are nicer than me, who are better than me.

These valuable thing produced in us a feeling of intimidation. We knew that no matter how far we got in life, we would never really be meant for such fineness, that the few expensive antiques we did have had fallen to us from a higher life and now condescended to live among us.

Behold, I teach you the Overman! He is that lightning, he is that madness!

Cuando quieren elevarse, ustedes miran hacia arriba; yo miro hacia abajo porque ya me encuentro en las alturas

All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment…

Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live.