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- Nov 07, 2020
Petty Quotes
Lines on rising above small-minded thinking.
This page collects quotes warning against pettiness, from fearing petty success more than failure to keeping politics free of petty grievances. For more on facing fear directly, see Afraid quotes.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
When politicians don black robes and seize powers they do not have, they should be called out for what they are - usurpers and petty tyrants.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Petty laws breed great crimes.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.
- Belittle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
- Politician
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indulged habits of dependence create habits of indolence, and indolence opens the portal to petty errors, to many degrading habits, and to vice and crime with their attendant train of miseries.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really sweat the petty things.
- Judges
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- Nov 07, 2020