Quotes About Superior

I'm not trying to be average.

Now, individuality is the sign of superior races and of civilizations already developed. If we make use of an expression dear to Nietzsche, we might say that in Asia, to speak of humanity is to speak of its plains; in Japan as in Europe, one represents it above all by its mountains.

Spiritual leadership requires superior spiritual power, which can never be generated by the self. There is no such thing as a self-made spiritual leader. A true leader influences others spiritually only because the Spirit works in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads.

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In the face of an enemy believed to be Hitlerian in savagery and armed with a nuclear force believed (incorrectly) to be superior to our own, all these concerns and considerations of safety and high-level control gave way.

I think the first villain that I ever played was on 'Stargate'. I was this superior being that would take over a human host and believe that he was the most superior being in the universe.

I am not somebody who goes around saying men are superior or that male writers are superior. In fact, I really go out of my way to champion women's work that I think is not getting enough attention. None of that is ever enough. Because a villain is needed. It's like there's no way to make myself not male.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

Clients who pay close attention to details often make better decisions and come up with superior projects.

Even if we have the best product in the marketplace, we'll lose to an inferior product if our competitor's offer is communicated more clearly.

I only work with the best.

His voice had the petty, triumphant air of someone who enjoys catching the small and meaningless mistakes of others.

I will never back away from declaring my belief that there are no spiritual gains without pains. I would as soon expect a farmer to prosper in business who was content with sowing his fields and never looking at them until harvest, as to expect a believer to attain much holiness who was not diligent about his Bible reading, prayer, and the use of his Sundays. Our God is a God who works by means, and He will never bless the soul of that person who pretends to be so superior

your dog has a sense of smell around one hundred thousand times better than yours!

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap

The rest of the gang aren't worth mentioning. But every one of them's got a story. I catch myself writing 'not worth mentioning'. According to what criteria? No reason whatever to feel superior.

Once in high school someone had shown him a pornographic photograph, and he had collapsed against a watercooler, injuring his ear. This photograph was far superior.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

From 1957 through 1961, Khrushchev openly, repeatedly, and bloodcurdlingly threatened the West with nuclear annihilation. Soviet missile capabilities were so far superior to those of the United States, he insisted, that he could wipe out any American or European city. He would even specify how many missiles and warheads each target might require.

Doing common things uncommonly well.

The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.