Men Quotes

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.

Failure is not an option, and I always felt like I'm a man who doesn't have regrets, and I don't live with excuses. I can't take excuses.

Man's responsibility, then, is to choose his destination; the motive power to bring him there is furnished by the Infinite.

There are passions that it is not for man to choose.

Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter

A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.

Contemporary man has rationalized the myths, but he has not been able to destroy them.

Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.

The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition

Men are respectable only as they respect.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

Only men who have worn a ski suit understand how complicated it is for a woman to go to the bathroom when she's wearing a jumpsuit.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

For centuries, man believed that the sun revolves around the earth. Centuries later, he still thinks that time moves clockwise.

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

A man can’t have too many guitars or too many shotguns.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

A Polish man in a helicopter. Goes up to 800 feet. Down it comes! What happened? "It got chilly up there, so I turned off the fan!"

To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.

Man, fountains pen are a pain to use, drawing backgrounds is a also a pain... Drawing manga really is a pain. In short living is a pain... I want to become a cheesburger

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

We bury the men who do the nation's creative work under layers of administrators and mountains of memoranda. We shrivel creativity by endless frustrations.

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support.

Very often the effort men put into activities that seem completely useless turns out to be extremely important in ways no one could foresee. Play has always been the mainspring of culture.

Men fall in private long before they fall in public.

[On John F. Kennedy:] ... now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a conscious life.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

The man who thinks hateful thoughts brings hatred upon himself. The man who thinks loving thoughts is loved.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

The incarnation is true, not of Christ exclusively, but of Man universally, and God everlastingly.

Women over thirty are at their best, but men over thirty are too old to recognize it

Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.

Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery.

Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page.