Men Quotes
If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.
When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.
The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions
No one ever mentioned it, but thousands of men welcomed World War II as a way to escape their humdrum lives rather than a chance to fight for God and country.
I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
You can always judge a man by what he eats, and therefore a country in which there is no free lunch is no longer a free country.
The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.
Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?
The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.
It is most important to allow the brain the full measure of sleep which is required to restore it; for sleep is to a man's whole nature what winding up is to a clock.
Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.
You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.
The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly hamonized; it is true to life.
The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.
Every man is destined to win. Whether he wins or not is determined by whether or not he aligns himself with God's will.
The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.
Whatever a man might do, whatever misery or heartache your children might give you - and they give you a lot - however much your parents irritate you - it doesn't matter because you love them.
In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely "tolerated", they are valued.
Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.
Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.
Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don’t ask them to achieve self-respect. They will hate your soul.
The truly and deliberately evil men are a very small minority; it is the appeaser who unleashes them on mankind.
And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the music, you can also find lyrics celebrating them.
Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.
White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.
I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man's life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.