Quotes About Groveling

We have a very robust online business, but convincing luxury houses to join us on the website has involved a lot of groveling.

There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual

It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

They were all men, all middle-aged, all of a type: intelligent and elitist, yet deferential to the point of groveling before the king. The

All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All mankind shall grovel at my feet and not know why!

It doesn't matter where you live, here or in your beloved Europe; you'll always be imitating them; you'll always be groveling." "If I'm happy, that's all I care about." "You can go now!" shouted Blue. "And know this: People who seek only happiness never find it.

Obsequious sycophants

But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist—or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.