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But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
- Matthew 20:25
So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
- Mark 10:42
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
- George Washington
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize any-one. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
- Dale Carnegie
When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
- Confucius
Your promotion, or lack of it, is in the hand of God. Your superiors are simply His agents to carry out His will.
- Jerry Bridges
It is a dreadful truth, but it is a truth that cannot be concealed; in ability, in dexterity, in the distinctness of their views, the Jacobins are our superiors.
- Edmund Burke
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.
- John Adams