“ A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. ”
- Sydney J. Harris- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children. ”
- Phillips Brooks- Copy
- 1.5K
“ The fear of criticism takes on many forms, the majority of which are petty and trivial. ”
- Napoleon Hill- Copy
- 3.9K
“ At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior. ”
- John Carmack- Copy
- 1.7K
“ In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ”
- Emil Cioran- Copy
- 3.3K
“ It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom. ”
- Bryant H. McGill- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 3.4K
“ I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. ”
- Orson Welles- Copy
- 4K
“ You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you. ”
- David Harold Fink- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer. ”
- Hallesby- Copy
- 2K
“ A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. ”
- Graham Greene- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ”
- Robert Service- Copy
- 3.7K
“ Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. ”
- Richard M. Nixon- Copy
- 2.3K
“ The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor. ”
- William Feather- Copy
- 945
“ Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. ”
- Richard Nixon- Copy
- 1.8K
“ No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. ”
- Edward Abbey- Copy
- 2.2K
“ A crisis does not always appear to a policymaker as a series of dramatic events. Usually it imposes itself as an exhausting agenda of petty chores demanding both concentration and endurance. ”
- Henry Kissinger- Copy
- 2K
“ One will not go wrong if one attributes extreme actions to vanity, average ones to habit, and petty ones to fear. ”
- Nietzsche- Copy
- 1.9K
“ A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ”
- Walter Bagehot- Copy
- 1.9K
“ A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. ”
- Sidney J. Harris- Copy
- 489
“ I get so tired listening to, 'One million dollars here. One million dollars there.' It's so petty. ”
- Imelda Marcos- Copy
- 2.9K
“ It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. Only in proportion as we are desirous of living more do we really live. ”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset- Copy
- 923
“ Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never — in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 317
“ Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect; they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. ”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset- Copy
- 3.8K
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