Deference is the instinctive respect which we pay to the great and good. The unconcious acknowledgement of the superiority or excellence of others. (Tryon Edwards)

Deference is the instinctive respect which we pay to the great and good. The unconcious acknowledgement of the superiority or excellence of others.

Tryon Edwards

Related topics

deference excellence good great pay respect superiority others acknowledgement

Related quotes

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence. View quote
Rabindranath Tagore
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. View quote
Plato
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt. View quote
Joseph Addison
But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover. View quote
William Wordsworth