Top 117 Superiors Quotes & Sayings

I never did anything, great or small, without obtaining in advance express instructions from Adolf Hitler or any of my superiors.

The wellbeing of the head resounds throughout the whole body, and as are the Superiors, so, in turn, will their subjects be.

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.

What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so,irrespective of the views held by your superiors or subordinates and of consequences to yourself.

The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.

There is one gratification an old author can afford a certain class of critics; that namely, of comparing him as he is with what he was. It is a pleasure to mediocrity to have its superiors brought within range.

There should be no inferiors and no superiors for true world friendship.

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.

If ministers forget their ruler and establish relationships with foreign powers in order to advance the interests of their confederates, there will be scant reason for subordinates to obey their superiors.

Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.

So far as female beauty is concerned, the Circassian women have no superiors. They have preserved in their mountain home the purity of the Grecian models, and still display the perfect physical loveliness, whose type has descended to us in the Venus de Medici.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.

The only people who had authority within the Church to stop Brendan Smyth from having contact with children were his Abbot in the Monastery in Kilnacrott and his Religious Superiors in the Norbertine Order.

The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.

Always respect your superiors, if you have any.

The defect of equality is that we desire it only with our superiors.

Monks congregate like dogs in a kennel, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge, Is one the course of the wind, is one the water of the sea? Is one the spark of the fire, of unrestrainable tumult? Monks congregate like wolves, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge. They know not when the deep night and dawn divide. Nor what is the course of the wind, or who agitates it, In what place it dies away, on what land it roars.

Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply different races.

Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.

It is certainly for the interest of the service that a cordial interchange of civilities should subsist between superior and inferior officers, and therefore, it is bad policy in superiors to behave towards their inferiors indiscriminately, as though they were of a lower species.

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

Suffer women once to arrive at an equality with you, and they will from that moment become your superiors.

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.

Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.

Protocol may be defined as the code of etiquette which protects royalty from the competition of intellectual and social superiors.

The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.

It already appears, that there must be in every society of men superiors and inferiors, because God has laid in the constitution and course of nature the foundations of the distinction.

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

The privileged Victorians who did most to improve the lives of the poor were not ashamed of their pious intent: they were superiors seeking to help inferiors.

If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?

I wanted to be respected by filmmakers, and why should they respect me if they saw that my superiors did not treat me with respect.

If the cops come upon a mass murder attack that is clearly instigated by Islamic doctrine, they are not permitted to conclude that it is terrorism because they have been directed by their superiors in law enforcement to maintain that Islam is against terrorism.

Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.

It is dangerous to tell the people that the laws are unjust; for they obey them only because they think them just. Therefore it isnecessary to tell them at the same time that they must obey them because they are laws, just as they must obey superiors, not because they are just, but because they are superiors. In this way all sedition is prevented.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

Choose the company of your superiors whenever you can have it.

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

Be careful! Never show your superiors that you are superior to them.

once a policy, like a set of steel rails, had been laid down for him by his superiors, his obedience ran along it unswerving.

If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.

I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.

First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

Men are forever eager to press drink upon those they consider their superiors, hoping thereby to eliminate that distinction between them.... And women, when confronted by superiors, substitute for drink the crippling liquor of their sex.

There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

Quite a few people who are in the media and in control of the big money seem to want to see these Southeast Asian countries - and, in particular, Malaysia - stop trying to catch up with their superiors and to know their place.

In the bureaucratic machine of socialism the way toward promotion is not achievement but the favor of the superiors.

My experience working the KKK assignment influenced the rest of my career in law enforcement in that it taught me to think and act on my own initiative when my superiors in the department stood in my way.