Inferiority Complex Quotes

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Men trust a great man because they do not trust themselves. And hence the worship of great men always appears in times of weakness and cowardice; we never hear of great men until the time when all other men are small.

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

Even if the Jews have not all been geniuses, their general average of intelligence and intellectuality is far above our general average--and that is one of our reasons for wishing to drive them out of the higher forms of business and the professions. It is the swollen envy of pigmy minds--meanness, injustice.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Only those beneath me can envy or hate me. I have never been envied nor hated; I am above no one. Only those above me can praise or belittle me. I have never been praised nor belittled; I am below no one.

Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about.

When I was in the 9th or 10th grade, Cheryl was All-American, and she was getting all the pub. I thought to myself, 'Why isn't anyone paying any attention to me?' I used to wish that I wasn't Reggie Miller, that I was Reggie Smith or Reggie Jackson.

The uncouth hordes of common men are not fit to recognize duly the merits of those who eclipse their own wretchedness.

Information is available freely on the Net, but what's missing is passion. And only a teacher can impart that passion and deep desire for excellence every day. Moreover, a classroom environment helps overcome certain psychological aspects, including inferiority complex.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn't worthy.

Everybody has an inferiority complex when they step into a room. But then when you have children and you get older, it doesn't really matter. When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't train.

Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big - bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.

I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

I'm never the biggest guy on the football field.

I'd always been insecure. Being the fourth of five kids means attention is divided five ways, and to do this equally is impossible. I grew up feeling like the little orphan in the family, the one who didn't fit in.