The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 1
Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected. Marilyn French American Author More Marilyn French Quotes 0
Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man's wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education. Angelina Grimke American Activist More Angelina Grimke Quotes 0
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. Rupert Grint English Actor More Rupert Grint Quotes 0
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. Samuel Johnson English Author More Samuel Johnson Quotes 0
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them. Martin Luther King, Jr. American Leader More Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes 0
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority. Elbert Hubbard American Writer More Elbert Hubbard Quotes 0
When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks. Jessie Matthews British Actress More Jessie Matthews Quotes 0
I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. Peter Matthiessen American Writer More Peter Matthiessen Quotes 0
So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship. George J. Mitchell American Politician More George J. Mitchell Quotes 0
I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever. Ed Smith More Ed Smith Quotes 0
Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority. Carter G. Woodson American Historian More Carter G. Woodson Quotes 0
The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess. Carter G. Woodson American Historian More Carter G. Woodson Quotes 0
The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies. Carter G. Woodson American Historian More Carter G. Woodson Quotes 0
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. Philip Stanhope British Statesman More Philip Stanhope Quotes 0
For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. Gloria Steinem American Activist More Gloria Steinem Quotes 0
Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death. Alexander Crummell More Alexander Crummell Quotes 0
The feeling of inferiority rules the mental life and can be clearly recognized in the sense of incompleteness and un-fulfillment, and in the uninterrupted struggle both of individuals and humanity. Alfred Adler Austrian More Alfred Adler Quotes 0
Behind everyone who behaves as if he were superior to others, we can suspect a feeling of inferiority which calls for very special efforts of concealment. It is as if a man feared that he was too small and walked on his toes to make himself seem tall. Alfred Adler Austrian More Alfred Adler Quotes 0
I don't have an inferiority complex. I just want to see my school improve, and I don't see why it can't. Daniel Cohen More Daniel Cohen Quotes 0
Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves, therefore encouragement is a very important thing! I do it all the time! I praise everybody for everything they do that I see is good. David Brandt Berg More David Brandt Berg Quotes 0
Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her. If she isn't, present her with a valuable painting she will not understand. If they insist on being boring, kick their asses or twist their noses. And that's about all there is to it. John Huston American Film Director More John Huston Quotes 0
Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority in the minds of many American editors and publishers. Loren Ghiglione More Loren Ghiglione Quotes 0
Woodson hoped that the celebration would help blacks overcome their inferiority complex and instill racial pride and optimism. Black History Month also helps people from all different cultures to become a little more knowledgeable about African-American history and culture. Robert Hall More Robert Hall Quotes 0