Quotes about superiority

The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.

— Confucius

What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.

— Confucius

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise, they are free from perplexities; and bold, they are free from fear.

— Confucius

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.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on! somebody to hold in light esteem, somebody to be indifferent about.

— Mark Twain

If a person tells me he has been to the worst places I have no reason to judge him; but if he tells me it was his superior wisdom that enabled him to go there, then I know he is a fraud.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

— Marianne Moore