Men Quotes

For too long already we have talked about man; let us finally talk about God again.

I am sure that, after all, any man in my place should set a positive example for other people.

God created women only to tame men.

Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.

I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.

I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.

No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy underneath his rogueries. The immortal types of comedy are just such men.

I don't object to nine aces in one deck. But when a man lays down five aces in one hand... and besides, I know what I dealt him!

Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.

I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.

The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men.

The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists

No married man's ever made up his mind until he's heard what his wife has got to say about it.

There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.

As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.

Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives not by truth but by make-believe.

I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.

There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.

It is within the power of every man to become great.

The mind is the great poem of winter, the man, Who, to find what will suffice, Destroys romantic tenements Of rose and ice.

I am not interested in what a man can't do. I want to know what he CAN do.

The insignia meant a lot to the men who were fighting ... I had to do it ... I owed it to them.

Every man is captain of his career and there must be cooperation all around if he is to get what he wants out of life.

I am the poet of the woman the same as the man, And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, And I say there is nothing greater than the mother of a man.

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.

Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.

I think he [composer Joe Raposo] was the first man who kissed me on the cheek.

Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.

The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker.

It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest.

Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death.

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels.

In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat.

When we suggest that men are at the top because men discriminate, we miss the point. Men are at the top of the work hierarchy because work has been primarily men's responsibility.

I've gone from being quite wealthy, when I was defending women, to being quite poor defending men.

And with the rape, I was showing why the rape statistics are exaggerated, and saying that date rape was much more complex than the way feminists had portrayed it, as men oppressing women.

If we hold the married man accountable for finances gone legally awry, then the married woman should be held accountable for children who go awry.

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

Therefore, brethren, pray until God gives us revelation so that "knowing this" in our spirit we may truly confess "that our old man has been crucified with him."

When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.

Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!

The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take advantage of this difference.

A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it could destroy a person. In my heart the answer was yes, but I said no.

I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters.