SUPERIORITY

Related Subjects: Confidence, Distinction, Pride, Scorn, Self-Confidence, Self-Respect

1. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find
   The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow;
   He who surpasses or subdues mankind
   Must look down on the hate of those below.—BYRON, Childe Harold
   

2. Love alone renders us able to endure superiority in others.—GOETHE
   

3. You may fail to shine in the opinion of others both in your conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.—GREVILLE
   

4. When a person dies who does any one thing better than any one else in the world, it leaves a gap in society.—HAZLITT, Table Talk
   

5. I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart —the best brain.—ROBERT INGERSOLL, Liberty
   

6. The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.—ROBERT INGERSOLL, Liberty
   

7. Though I've belted you and flayed you,
   By the livin' Gawd that made you,
   You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!—KIPLING, Gunga Din
   

8. My mother was a superior soul
   A superior soul was she
   Cut out to play a superior role
   In the god-damn bourgeoisie.—D. H. LAWRENCE, Red-Herring
   

9. I am not in the roll of common men.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV