Small Man Quotes

Small Man Quote of the day

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

A small man intoxicated by being allowed to run around with the big, aggressive, powerful boys after so many years as a corduroy-clad peacenik.

A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

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.

Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.

A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

I do date quite small men. And one large man! Just one.

For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls

I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight

To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.

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

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

I am a small man who wants to do big things for small people.

A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.

That big guy, Winfield, at 6'6", can do things only a small man can do.

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

Silence is the small man’s only defense.