People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The pleasures of mental agility are much overstated, inevitably - as it now appears to me - by those not exclusively dependent upon them.
People grow. It's okay to grow. Some people find that difficult to grasp.
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians.
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.
I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.
People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.
Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.
Regular people should not underestimate people who are small. In every aspect, they can do the things that normal people can.