Quotes About Superior

La función capital del hombre mediocre es la paciencia imitativa; la del hombre superior es la imaginación creadora.

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being.

Where there is superior force, I serve under constraint; where there is power, I serve willingly.

Sometimes the purpose of secrecy is to keep a magic power from the hands of unbelievers, or from enemies who may use it for sorcery. But in many cases it is intended to make those excluded think that initiates have superior powers.

Moses experienced this amazing relationship of friendship with God under an inferior covenant. And it is improper to expect superior blessings from an inferior covenant.

The New Covenant is better than the Old, and therefore must provide superior blessings and breakthroughs.

FAITH IS BORN of the Spirit in the hearts of mankind. Faith is neither intellectual nor anti-intellectual. It is superior to the intellect.

As scientific research demonstrates, llama wool's very coarseness and its range of fibers from fine to thick mean that it can be woven into clothing that's superior to down, fleece, sheep wool, and alpaca wool in criteria ranging from warmth to water resistance to usable life.

You are too good, Mother Maunt, she said. She took the cash with her strong hand, and made a gesture of deference with her limp one. No one is too good, said the Superior Maunt, but nicely, and retired with surprising speed behind the cloister doors.

En resumen, la primera injusticia ha sido practicada por la Literatura, que no se preocupa por la Estética, la cual no es más que una justicia superior.

Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Sie verachteten die Welt, als hätten sie Zugang zu anderen und vorzüglicheren Daseinssphären.

No nation-state could with a clear conscience ever try to conquer foreign peoples, since such a conscience comes only from the conviction of the conquering nation that it is imposing a superior law upon barbarians.

They think my male helplessness is cute. When a single mother does any of those things, she is neglectful and on the receiving end of the superior moms' scorn.

Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some pianists may be superior to my own playing because those are two totally different acts altogether.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.

And Loplop, bird superior, has transformed himself into flesh without flesh and will dwell among us...

To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks.

Acostumei-me a uma atitude debochada, superior, mostrando-me como alguém a quem nada afetava, abalava, desesperava.

Confirmation of the ground is of the greatest assistance in battle. Therefore, to estimate the enemy situation and to calculate distances and the degree of difficulty of the terrain so as to control victory are virtues of the superior general.

Because your brain is wired to experience rewards from different facets of music than my brain, it is misguided to suggest that anyone's taste in music is superior to anyone else's.