Superior Man Quotes

Every moment waited is a moment wasted.

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

A superior man thinks of what is right. A small man thinks of profit.

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man.

The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.

The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas.

The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.

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The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have to stop and search their memories merely to know who these so-called great men might be. And so the great man is left with the crowd, the worthless majority...for his admirers.

Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of information on scientific as well as popular subjects. I should say of him that he is the most distinguished man of talents I have ever known on the continent: but I doubt if He be entitled to the appellation of a Man of Genius.

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?