Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes: Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal
         

Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal


Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Check all other quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Among-giants-try-and-be-a-dwarf-1070428>.





Check out


Other quotes of Stanislaw Jerzy Lec


Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.



Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.



The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.



Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.



Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.



In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.

In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.



You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.

You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.



Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.



The exit is usually where the entrance was.

The exit is usually where the entrance was.



Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?





Other quotes you may like


Be the one for others who they can look up to

Be the one for others who they can look up to



He tastes like salted caramel and sunshine. Or what I think salted caramel and sunshine taste like. He tastes like nothing I've ever experienced, like hope and possibility and future

He tastes like salted caramel and sunshine. Or what I think salted caramel and sunshine taste like. He tastes like nothing I've ever experienced, like hope and possibility and future



Republicans and Democrats agree that this should be done, $2.5 trillion. I happen to think it's double that. It's probably $5 trillion that we can't bring into our country.

Republicans and Democrats agree that this should be done, $2.5 trillion. I happen to think it's double that. It's probably $5 trillion that we can't bring into our country.



Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking.

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking.



I think for me, when I'm looking at a script I really try to consider what experience am I embarking upon, because for me it's really about the experience.

I think for me, when I'm looking at a script I really try to consider what experience am I embarking upon, because for me it's really about the experience.



Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.

Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.



If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.



Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?



I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.

I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.



Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.

Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal". Author of this quote is Stanislaw Jerzy Lec. This quote is about trying, equal, giants, dwarfs, dwarves,.