"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others." -Ayn Rand
"A fearful man is always hearing things." ~Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)
"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love." ~Max Muller
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men." ~Thomas Carlyle
"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him." ~Mae West
"A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
"A man is measured by the size of things that anger him." ~Geof Greenleaf
"A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him." ~Mae West
"A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been the boy." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
"A man is measured by the size of things that anger him." ~Geof Greenleaf
"A man is not really a true man until he owns his own home, and they that own their homes are made more honorable and honest and pure, true and economical and careful, by owning the home." ~Russell Conwell
"A man is related to all nature." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf." ~George R.R. Martin
“A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.” ~Megiddo Message on Idleness
"A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires." ~H.W. Beecher
"A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones." ~Lord Chesterfield
"A rational man acting in the real world is he who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done. He who behaves prudently even if alone and by his right action, can overcome a host of foes. Remember: Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage." ~Anon
"A real man is not afraid to utter apologies." ~ Krizzete Laureta Chu
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." ~Greek Proverb
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." ~David Brinkley
"A thing isn't necessarily true just because a man died for it." ~Oscar Wilde
"A thousand men can't undress a naked man." ~Greek Proverb
"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude." ~Oscar Wilde
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
"A wise man can always be found alone. A weak man can always be found in a crowd." ~Bruce Lee
"A wise man can lose nothing. He has everything invested in himself." ~Seneca
"A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them." ~J. G. Holland
“All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one workman.” ~Plato
"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night at the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the dayb to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." ~T.E. Lawrence
"Almost all men are born with every passion to some extent, but there is hardly a man who has not a dominant passion to which the others are subordinate. Discover this governing passion in every individual; and when you have found the master passion of a man, REMEMBER NEVER TO TRUST TO HIM where that passion is concerned." ~Lord Chesterfield
"Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is." ~Jorge Louis Borges
“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.” ~Anon
"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf." ~George R.R. Martin
"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." ~Goethe
"A man shining out from the shadows earns more respect than a man who've always been under the light and never felt the glorious moment of walking out of the dark." ~George Daniel Anos
"A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
"A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to go a thousand miles he must imagine that something good awaits him at the end of those thousand miles. One must have the prospect of a promised land to have the strength to move." ~from WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.” ~Eric Hoffer
"A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection.” ~Anon
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let alone.” ~Jeremy Taylor on Wealth
"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery." ~James Joyce
"A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation, will be very absurd, and consequently very unwelcome in company. He may say very good things; but they will be probably so ill-timed, misplaced, or improperly addressed, that he had much better hold his tongue." ~Lord Chesterfield
"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." ~Anon
"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. A young man should read five hours in a day, and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge." ~SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) Boswell's Life
"A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends." ~Chinese Proverb
"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns." ~Joseph Conrad
"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." ~Charles Darwin
"A man who is willing to accept restriction and barriers and is not afraid of them is free. A man who does nothing but fight restrictions and barriers will usually be trapped." ~L. Ron Hubbard
"A man with dreams needs a woman with vision. Her perspective, faith and support will change his reality. If she doesn't challenge you, then she's no good for you. Men who want to stay ordinary will tell you not to have expectations of them. Men who want to be great will expect you to push them, pray with them and invest in them." ~Anon
"A man shining out from the shadows earns more respect than a man who've always been under the light and never felt the glorious moment of walking out of the dark." ~George Daniel Anos
"A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
"A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to go a thousand miles he must imagine that something good awaits him at the end of those thousand miles. One must have the prospect of a promised land to have the strength to move." ~from WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.” ~Eric Hoffer
"A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection.” ~Anon
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let alone.” ~Jeremy Taylor on Wealth
"A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery." ~James Joyce
"A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation, will be very absurd, and consequently very unwelcome in company. He may say very good things; but they will be probably so ill-timed, misplaced, or improperly addressed, that he had much better hold his tongue." ~Lord Chesterfield
"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." ~Anon
"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. A young man should read five hours in a day, and so may acquire a great deal of knowledge." ~SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) Boswell's Life
"A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends." ~Chinese Proverb
"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns." ~Joseph Conrad
"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." ~Charles Darwin
"A man who is willing to accept restriction and barriers and is not afraid of them is free. A man who does nothing but fight restrictions and barriers will usually be trapped." ~L. Ron Hubbard
"A man with dreams needs a woman with vision. Her perspective, faith and support will change his reality. If she doesn't challenge you, then she's no good for you. Men who want to stay ordinary will tell you not to have expectations of them. Men who want to be great will expect you to push them, pray with them and invest in them." ~Anon
"A MAN WITHOUT HONOUR IS WORSE THAN DEAD." ~Miguel de Cervantes
“A man would have no pleasure in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner with whom he might share his joys.” ~Cicero
"A man's ego is as fragile as a womans heart." ~Eric Jerome
“A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.” ~Megiddo Message on Idleness
"A man's work is from sun to sun. But a mother's work is never done." ~Anon
"A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires." ~H.W. Beecher
"A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones." ~Lord Chesterfield
"A rational man acting in the real world is he who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done. He who behaves prudently even if alone and by his right action, can overcome a host of foes. Remember: Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage." ~Anon
"A real man is not afraid to utter apologies." ~ Krizzete Laureta Chu
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." ~Greek Proverb
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." ~David Brinkley
"A thing isn't necessarily true just because a man died for it." ~Oscar Wilde
"A thousand men can't undress a naked man." ~Greek Proverb
"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude." ~Oscar Wilde
"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky." ~Crazy Horse
"A wise man can always be found alone. A weak man can always be found in a crowd." ~Bruce Lee
"A wise man can lose nothing. He has everything invested in himself." ~Seneca
"A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them." ~J. G. Holland
“All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one workman.” ~Plato
"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night at the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the dayb to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." ~T.E. Lawrence
"Almost all men are born with every passion to some extent, but there is hardly a man who has not a dominant passion to which the others are subordinate. Discover this governing passion in every individual; and when you have found the master passion of a man, REMEMBER NEVER TO TRUST TO HIM where that passion is concerned." ~Lord Chesterfield
"Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is." ~Jorge Louis Borges
“Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.” ~Anon
"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error." ~Cicero
"Any man ever hits me, it's the last time he ever sees me." ~Anon
"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." ~Benjamin Disraeli
"As a rule, man's a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool. And when it's cool he wants it hot. Always wanting what is not." ~Anon
"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress." ~Marcel Proust
"Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men." ~Samuel Johnson
“But remember what drives a man; real men do what they have to do to make sure their people are taken care of, clothed, housed, and reasonably sastisfied, and if they're doing anything less than that, they're not men.” ~Steve Harvey
"By indignities men come to dignities." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
"Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women." ~Nicole Hollander
"Chivalry never died. The gentleman in most men did. Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But, being a gentleman is a matter of choice." ~Vin Diesel, (Knights of the Free Company)
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Dead men tell no tales." ~Pirate of the Carribean, Film, Johnny Depp
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Deep within man dwell these slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action." ~Orison Marden
"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975
"Do not just practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty and its riches." ~Theodore Roosevelt
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe
"Each man has a path that he must tread. It is important that he walks through it alone. In this pathless land of a million pathways, we seek which one will bring us there." ~Yesu Ben
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." ~Robert Kennedy
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Any man ever hits me, it's the last time he ever sees me." ~Anon
"As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information." ~Benjamin Disraeli
"As a rule, man's a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool. And when it's cool he wants it hot. Always wanting what is not." ~Anon
"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress." ~Marcel Proust
"Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men." ~Samuel Johnson
“But remember what drives a man; real men do what they have to do to make sure their people are taken care of, clothed, housed, and reasonably sastisfied, and if they're doing anything less than that, they're not men.” ~Steve Harvey
"By indignities men come to dignities." ~Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
"Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women." ~Nicole Hollander
"Chivalry never died. The gentleman in most men did. Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But, being a gentleman is a matter of choice." ~Vin Diesel, (Knights of the Free Company)
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor." ~Benjamin Franklin
"Dead men tell no tales." ~Pirate of the Carribean, Film, Johnny Depp
"Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Deep within man dwell these slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action." ~Orison Marden
"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975
"Do not just practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine." ~Ludwig van Beethoven
"Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty and its riches." ~Theodore Roosevelt
"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men." ~Johann Wolgang von Goethe
"Each man has a path that he must tread. It is important that he walks through it alone. In this pathless land of a million pathways, we seek which one will bring us there." ~Yesu Ben
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." ~Robert Kennedy
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not every man’s greed.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Every calm and quiet place is the true temple of the wise man!" ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
"Every child carries a message that God is not yet discouraged of man." ~Rabindranath Tagore
"Everyday is born a man who hates what he can't understand." ~Tracy Chapman
"Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography." ~from "The Critic as Artist" (1891)
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." ~Thomas Merton
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.” ~Henry Ward Beecher on Business
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances. To choose one’s own way." ~Viktor Frankl
"Fools multiply when wise men are silent." ~Nelson Mandela
“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever.” ~Thomas Paine
“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
"For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it." ~Martin Buber
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go." ~Tom Hanks
"God is for men and religion is for women." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"God made men by baking them in an oven, but he forgot about the first batch, and that's how Black people were born. And then he was so anxious about the next batch, he took them out of the oven too soon, so that's how White people were made. But the third batch he let cook until they were golden-golden-golden, and, honey, that's you and me." ~Sandra Cisneros
"Goodness does not more certainty make men happy than happiness makes them good." ~Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
"Great men never feel great; small men never feel small." ~Chinese Proverb
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." ~William Blake
"He illuminates the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart." ~Over Sixty on Anthony Doerr
"He who wishes to fulfill his mission in the world must be a man of one idea, that is, of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life." ~Julius Bate
"Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well;…and not today’s pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.” ~James H. West
"Hope is the dream of a working man." ~Aristotle
"How prudently most men sink into nameless graves, while now and then a few forget themselves into immortality." ~William Bryan
“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.” ~Bertolt Brecht
"Husbands are the best people to share secrets with. They'll never tell anyone, Because they aren't even listening." ~Anon
"I'm an average guy, but I've got above average dreams." ~Burnell Cotlon
"I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." ~Oscar Wilde
"I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species." ~Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
"I do not like that man. I must get to know him better." - Abraham Lincoln
“I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.” ~Albert Camus
"I laugh at the lore and the pride of man." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." ~Groucho Marx
"I would be the least among men with dreams and the desire to fulfill them, rather than the greatest with no dreams and no desires." ~from SAND AND FOAM (1926) by Khalil Gibran
“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” ~Judy Garland on Caring
"It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” ~H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr
"It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2006
"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." ~Epictetus
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. " ~Aeschylus
“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.” ~Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794
"It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion." ~Southey
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." ~Theodore Roosevelt
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." ~Seneca
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." ~Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is sometimes of God’s mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane–putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track and from ruin." ~H.W. Beecher
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." ~Buddha
"Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody." ~from MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is." ~Olive Schreiner
"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs, that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
"Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527)
“Men are what their mothers made them." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." ~Richard Wright
"Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can." ~Thomas Carlyle
"Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that every lived.” ~Thomas Paine
"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man." ~Leon Trotsky
"Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss." ~Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." ~Confucius
“Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and though avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.” ~Thomas Paine
"Peace of mind happens to a man only after he has developed deep insight, only after he starts seeing the things in the right perspective." ~Sam Veda
“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Raise good men. Raise strong women. Please. The world needs them, now more than ever." ~Billy Flynn (from Nicer Down Under, FB)
"Real men address all issues, coward cancel meetings." ~Jen Sweet, FB on Fox News
"Remember that a broken arm will heal, but a broken man is a very sad sight." ~Jeanine Smith, Woman To Woman, Tomorrow's World
"Respect all men for their worth and not for their birth." ~James Scotty Philip
"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought." ~Matsuo Basho
"Sometimes a man's purpose to a woman's life is to help her become a better woman .... for another man." ~Anon
“That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.” ~Anon on Proverbs
"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know #God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way." ~William Barclay
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Everyday is born a man who hates what he can't understand." ~Tracy Chapman
"Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography." ~from "The Critic as Artist" (1891)
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit." ~Elbert Hubbard
"Every man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
"Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." ~Martin Luther King Jr.
"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." ~Thomas Merton
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.” ~Henry Ward Beecher on Business
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances. To choose one’s own way." ~Viktor Frankl
"Fools multiply when wise men are silent." ~Nelson Mandela
“For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have a right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others for ever.” ~Thomas Paine
“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.” ~APJ Abdul Kalam, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
"For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it." ~Martin Buber
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go." ~Tom Hanks
"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man." ~Phyllis McGinley
"God is for men and religion is for women." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
"God made men by baking them in an oven, but he forgot about the first batch, and that's how Black people were born. And then he was so anxious about the next batch, he took them out of the oven too soon, so that's how White people were made. But the third batch he let cook until they were golden-golden-golden, and, honey, that's you and me." ~Sandra Cisneros
"Goodness does not more certainty make men happy than happiness makes them good." ~Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
"Great men never feel great; small men never feel small." ~Chinese Proverb
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet." ~William Blake
"He illuminates the riotous dangers of the natural world and the rocky terrain of the human heart." ~Over Sixty on Anthony Doerr
"He who wishes to fulfill his mission in the world must be a man of one idea, that is, of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life." ~Julius Bate
"Health is a large word. It embraces not the body only, but the mind and spirit as well;…and not today’s pain or pleasure alone, but the whole being and outlook of a man.” ~James H. West
"Hope is the dream of a working man." ~Aristotle
"How prudently most men sink into nameless graves, while now and then a few forget themselves into immortality." ~William Bryan
“Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.” ~Bertolt Brecht
"Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle
"Husbands are the best people to share secrets with. They'll never tell anyone, Because they aren't even listening." ~Anon
"I'm an average guy, but I've got above average dreams." ~Burnell Cotlon
"I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war." ~John Milton (1608-1674)
"I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." ~Oscar Wilde
"I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species." ~Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
"I do not like that man. I must get to know him better." - Abraham Lincoln
“I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.” ~Albert Camus
"I laugh at the lore and the pride of man." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“I so despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.”
James A. Garfield
"I think nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she never going to let us relax." ~Richard Feynman
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." ~Groucho Marx
"I would be the least among men with dreams and the desire to fulfill them, rather than the greatest with no dreams and no desires." ~from SAND AND FOAM (1926) by Khalil Gibran
"I would rather be amongst forest animals and the sound of nature, than amongst city traffic and the noise of man." ~Anthony D. Williams
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854)
"If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely." ~Carl Jung
"If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life." ~Plato (Philosoper in Classical Greece, 427 BC-347 BC)
"If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man" ~Nelson Mandela during a Statement to the Court after being convicted of inciting workers and leaving the country illegally, Old Synagogue, Pretoria, South Africa, 7 November 1962
"If man can do something awesome, have we considered how God has put order and beauty in the harmony of Creation and the Universe? With the billions of stars and galaxies the heavenly bodies follow a wonderful order. Praise the Lord of the Universe." ~Bro Joe Rona
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” ~James Madison
"If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability." ~Marcus Cicero
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is infinite." ~William Blake
"If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family." ~Ruby Manikan (20th century) Indian Church Leader
"If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why." ~Elbert Hubbard on Loyalty
"In an aged man appears ripeness of wisdom: it is the oldest sandal-tree which emits the most fragrance." ~Sataka
"If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life." ~Plato (Philosoper in Classical Greece, 427 BC-347 BC)
"If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man" ~Nelson Mandela during a Statement to the Court after being convicted of inciting workers and leaving the country illegally, Old Synagogue, Pretoria, South Africa, 7 November 1962
"If man can do something awesome, have we considered how God has put order and beauty in the harmony of Creation and the Universe? With the billions of stars and galaxies the heavenly bodies follow a wonderful order. Praise the Lord of the Universe." ~Bro Joe Rona
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” ~James Madison
"If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability." ~Marcus Cicero
"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is infinite." ~William Blake
"If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family." ~Ruby Manikan (20th century) Indian Church Leader
"If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must growl, condemn, and eternally find fault - resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content - but as long as you are part of the institution, do not condemn it. If you do, the first high wind that comes along will blow you away, and probably you will never know why." ~Elbert Hubbard on Loyalty
"In an aged man appears ripeness of wisdom: it is the oldest sandal-tree which emits the most fragrance." ~Sataka
"In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men." ~Cicero (Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher)
"In soft regions are born soft men." ~Herodotus
“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.” ~Sigmund Freud, Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939
"In soft regions are born soft men." ~Herodotus
“In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.” ~Sigmund Freud, Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” ~Judy Garland on Caring
"It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” ~H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr
"It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him." ~Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 2006
"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." ~Epictetus
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. " ~Aeschylus
“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.” ~Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794
"It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion." ~Southey
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." ~Theodore Roosevelt
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." ~Seneca
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." ~Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is sometimes of God’s mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane–putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track and from ruin." ~H.W. Beecher
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." ~Buddha
"Learning makes a man fit company for himself." ~Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
"'Love' means very different things to men than it does to women." ~Michael Fiore
"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, when in fact language remains the master of man." ~Martin Heidegger
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." ~Alexis Carrell
"Man has to create himself. He is not ready-made, he is not given. And the creation has to be a self-creation-nobody else can make you." ~Osho
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." ~Jean-Jaques Rousseau. The Social Contract, 1762
"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot had enough happiness provided for it." ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Man is not the only animal that likes to have fun, to play, to find the joy in life." ~A.D. Williams
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.” ~Jean de La Fontaine
"Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are so, and of things which are not, that they are not." ~Protagoras
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” ~Albert Camus
"Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were." ~Georges André Malraux
"Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle." ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." ~Socrates
"Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void." ~Seume
"Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything." ~William Faulkner
“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.” ~Emil Cioran
"Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought." ~Ayn Rand
“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems” ~Epictetus
"'Love' means very different things to men than it does to women." ~Michael Fiore
"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, when in fact language remains the master of man." ~Martin Heidegger
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor." ~Alexis Carrell
"Man has to create himself. He is not ready-made, he is not given. And the creation has to be a self-creation-nobody else can make you." ~Osho
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." ~Jean-Jaques Rousseau. The Social Contract, 1762
"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot had enough happiness provided for it." ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Man is not the only animal that likes to have fun, to play, to find the joy in life." ~A.D. Williams
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.” ~Jean de La Fontaine
"Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are so, and of things which are not, that they are not." ~Protagoras
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” ~Albert Camus
"Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were." ~Georges André Malraux
"Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle." ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives." ~Socrates
"Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life; otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void." ~Seume
"Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything." ~William Faulkner
“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.” ~Emil Cioran
"Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought." ~Ayn Rand
“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems” ~Epictetus
"Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle." ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
“Man’s greatness is always to recreate his life, to recreate what is given to him, to fashion that very thing which he undergoes. Through work he produces his own natural existence. Through science he recreates the universe by means of symbols. Through art he recreates the alliance between his body and his soul.”
~Simone Weil, “The Mysticism of Work”
"Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody." ~from MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is." ~Olive Schreiner
"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs, that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
"Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527)
“Men are what their mothers made them." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." ~Richard Wright
"Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can." ~Thomas Carlyle
“Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.” ~Samuel Butler
"Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, by reiteration chiefly." ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than war." ~Homer (900 BC-800 BC)
"Men like Henry George are rare unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form and fervent love of justice. Every line is written as if for our generation. The spreading of these works is a really deserving cause, for our generation especially has many and important things to learn from Henry George." ~Albert Einstein
"Men trust their ears less than their eyes." ~Herodotus
"Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have." ~Lord Greville
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” ~George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular” ~Marguerite Blessington
"My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately." ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln
"Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Never underestimate a woman. A loud voice of a man may threaten a woman but the silence of a woman can shake the consciousness of a man." ~Aarti Khurana
"No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly." ~Protagoras
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~John Donne, No man is an island – A selection from the prose
"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)
"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself." ~Thomas Mann
"No man takes with him to Hades all his exceeding wealth." ~Theognis Of Megara
“No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Not all men are the same. There are actually some real decent men out there that know and understand the worth of a good woman." ~from The Purple Flower
"Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or after death." ~Socrates
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing, and dancing sooner than war." ~Homer (900 BC-800 BC)
"Men like Henry George are rare unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic form and fervent love of justice. Every line is written as if for our generation. The spreading of these works is a really deserving cause, for our generation especially has many and important things to learn from Henry George." ~Albert Einstein
"Men trust their ears less than their eyes." ~Herodotus
"Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have." ~Lord Greville
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” ~George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular” ~Marguerite Blessington
"My father must have had some elementary education, for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately." ~George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~Abraham Lincoln
"Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Never underestimate a woman. A loud voice of a man may threaten a woman but the silence of a woman can shake the consciousness of a man." ~Aarti Khurana
"No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly." ~Protagoras
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~John Donne, No man is an island – A selection from the prose
"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)
"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself." ~Thomas Mann
"No man takes with him to Hades all his exceeding wealth." ~Theognis Of Megara
“No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Not all men are the same. There are actually some real decent men out there that know and understand the worth of a good woman." ~from The Purple Flower
"Nothing can harm a good man, either in life or after death." ~Socrates
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal." ~Thomas Jefferson
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that every lived.” ~Thomas Paine
"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man." ~Leon Trotsky
"One can only wonder how much POWER corrupts the minds of men that involved bloodshed." ~Leah C. Dancel
"Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss." ~Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." ~Confucius
“Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches; and though avarice will preserve a man from being necessitously poor, it generally makes him too timorous to be wealthy.” ~Thomas Paine
"Peace of mind happens to a man only after he has developed deep insight, only after he starts seeing the things in the right perspective." ~Sam Veda
“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Raise good men. Raise strong women. Please. The world needs them, now more than ever." ~Billy Flynn (from Nicer Down Under, FB)
"Real men address all issues, coward cancel meetings." ~Jen Sweet, FB on Fox News
"Remember that a broken arm will heal, but a broken man is a very sad sight." ~Jeanine Smith, Woman To Woman, Tomorrow's World
"Respect all men for their worth and not for their birth." ~James Scotty Philip
"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of the men of old. Seek what they sought." ~Matsuo Basho
"Sometimes a man's purpose to a woman's life is to help her become a better woman .... for another man." ~Anon
“That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.” ~Anon on Proverbs
“The animal should not be measured by man. In a world older than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the sense we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.” ~Henry Beston
“The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
"The best portion of a good man’s life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love." ~William Wordsworth
"The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her." ~Bob Marley
"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
~Minot J. Savage
"The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour." ~Elbert Hubbard
“The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.” ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S
"The best portion of a good man’s life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love." ~William Wordsworth
"The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her." ~Bob Marley
"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
~Minot J. Savage
"The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour." ~Elbert Hubbard
"The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." ~Chief Seattle
"The fool wonders, the wise man asks." ~Benjamin Disraeli
"The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves." ~Chief Seattle
"The evil that men do lives after them ... the good is off interred with their bones." ~Shakespeare
"The fool wonders, the wise man asks." ~Benjamin Disraeli
"The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever." ~William Blake
"The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate finish, as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson on Architecture
"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." ~ Bob Marley
"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." ~Aristotle
"The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you." ~Criss Jami
"The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate finish, as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of vegetable beauty." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson on Architecture
"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." ~ Bob Marley
"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." ~Aristotle
"The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you." ~Criss Jami
"The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity." ~Helen Rowland
"The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever." ~William Blake
"The good man, even though overwhelmed by misfortune, loses never his inborn greatness of soul. Camphor-wood burnt in the fire becomes all the more fragrant." ~Sataka
"The good man is the friend of all living things." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The greatest discovery of my age is that men can change their circumstances by changing the attitude of their mind." ~William James
"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For a man it is to know that and to wonder at it." ~Jacques Yves Cousteau
"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." ~Anon
"The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open." ~Groucho Marx
"The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever." ~William Blake
"The good man, even though overwhelmed by misfortune, loses never his inborn greatness of soul. Camphor-wood burnt in the fire becomes all the more fragrant." ~Sataka
"The good man is the friend of all living things." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The greatest discovery of my age is that men can change their circumstances by changing the attitude of their mind." ~William James
"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For a man it is to know that and to wonder at it." ~Jacques Yves Cousteau
"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too." ~Vincent Van Gogh
"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." ~Anon
"The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep his mouth shut and his checkbook open." ~Groucho Marx
"The imagination is man's power over nature." ~Wallace Stevens
"The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men." ~Bryant McGill
"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities." ~Khalil Gibran
"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." ~Edward Everett Hale
"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life." ~Euripides
"The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully." ~Epicurus
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are as dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." ~William Shakespeare
"The man who can drive himself farther once the effort gets painful, is the man who will win." ~Roger Bannister
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” ~Mark Twain
"The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men." ~Bryant McGill
"The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities." ~Khalil Gibran
"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." ~Edward Everett Hale
"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life." ~Euripides
"The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully." ~Epicurus
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils; the motions of his spirit are as dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." ~William Shakespeare
"The man who can drive himself farther once the effort gets painful, is the man who will win." ~Roger Bannister
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.” ~Mark Twain
"The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something good for the world." ~Charles Dudley Warner
"The man who knows how to live has no place for death to enter." ~Tao Te Ching
"The man who says he can and the man who says he can’t are both correct." ~Confucius
"The man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)
"The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder–a waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you." ~Carlyle
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation." ~from WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau (WALDEN was first published on this day in 1854.)
"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee…gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own." ~Leonardo da Vinci
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"The man who knows how to live has no place for death to enter." ~Tao Te Ching
"The man who says he can and the man who says he can’t are both correct." ~Confucius
"The man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)
"The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder–a waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you." ~Carlyle
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation." ~from WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau (WALDEN was first published on this day in 1854.)
"The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee…gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own." ~Leonardo da Vinci
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us." ~John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as the future." ~Joseph Conrad (1875-1924)
"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large." ~Confucius
"The most attractive thing a man can do is doing exactly what he said he'll do." ~Anon
"The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe...We think that for a general about to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to know the enemy's philosophy." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
"The object of the superior man is truth." ~Confucius
"The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man." ~Leigh Hunt
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato
"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” ~Thomas Paine
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." ~George Bernard Shaw
"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened." ~John F. Kennedy
"The rights of man come not from the generosity of the State, but from the hand of God." ~John F. Kennedy
"The sea hath fish for every man." ~William Camden
“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.” ~Carlos Castaneda
"The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none." ~Anon
"The smartest man becomes a fool when in love. The most stupid girl becomes smarter when in love." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade." ~Frederick Douglass
"The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." ~James Allen
"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large." ~Confucius
"The most attractive thing a man can do is doing exactly what he said he'll do." ~Anon
"The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe...We think that for a general about to fight an enemy, it is important to know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to know the enemy's philosophy." ~Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936)
"The object of the superior man is truth." ~Confucius
"The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man." ~Leigh Hunt
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato
"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” ~Thomas Paine
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." ~George Bernard Shaw
"The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened." ~John F. Kennedy
"The rights of man come not from the generosity of the State, but from the hand of God." ~John F. Kennedy
"The sea hath fish for every man." ~William Camden
“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.” ~Carlos Castaneda
"The slow man with integrity will ultimately catch the swift one who has none." ~Anon
"The smartest man becomes a fool when in love. The most stupid girl becomes smarter when in love." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"The soul that is within me no man can degrade." ~Frederick Douglass
"The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." ~James Allen
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone." ~Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian Dramatist
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting” ― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
"The suffering of one man is the suffering of all. Distances are irrelevant to injustice. If not stopped soon enough, evil eventually reaches out to engulf all men, whether they have opposed it or ignored it." ~Obi-wan Kenobi
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action." ~Confucius
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting” ― Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
"The suffering of one man is the suffering of all. Distances are irrelevant to injustice. If not stopped soon enough, evil eventually reaches out to engulf all men, whether they have opposed it or ignored it." ~Obi-wan Kenobi
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action." ~Confucius
"The test of any man lies in action." ~Pindar
"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know #God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way." ~William Barclay
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world." ~Zhuangzi
"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine." ~Hippocrates
"The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion and no wit." ~Ibn Sina
"The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing." ~Herodotus
"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke." ~Herman Melville (1819-1891)
"There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land." ~Christopher Columbus
"There is a great man, who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great." ~G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." ~William Shakespeare
“There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.” ~Abraham Ibn Esra
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~Ernest Hemingway
"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There never can be a man so lost as one who is lost in the vast and intricate corridors of his own lonely mind, where none may reach and none may save." ~Daily Vibes
"There was a time when man could communicate with all animals, but we have since forgotten their language." ~A.D. Williams
“They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.” ~Paulus Jovius (Paolo Giovio)
"They have been here for millions of years without fear of survival. Man has changed this." ~A.D. Williams
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." ~Henri Louis Bergson
"This world scarcely raise rare HEROES who died defending the Law of the Land and the Law above it. A man of principles is the enemy of those without." ~Selma Palacio Alara
Three classes of men:
lovers of wisdom,
lovers of honor,
and lovers of gain.
~Plato
"To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !." ~Bhalchandra
"The world is divided into men who have wit but no religion and men who have religion and no wit." ~Ibn Sina
"The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits." ~Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing." ~Herodotus
"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke." ~Herman Melville (1819-1891)
"There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land." ~Christopher Columbus
"There is a great man, who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great." ~G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." ~William Shakespeare
“There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.” ~Abraham Ibn Esra
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~Ernest Hemingway
"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There never can be a man so lost as one who is lost in the vast and intricate corridors of his own lonely mind, where none may reach and none may save." ~Daily Vibes
"There was a time when man could communicate with all animals, but we have since forgotten their language." ~A.D. Williams
“They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.” ~Paulus Jovius (Paolo Giovio)
"They have been here for millions of years without fear of survival. Man has changed this." ~A.D. Williams
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." ~Henri Louis Bergson
"This world scarcely raise rare HEROES who died defending the Law of the Land and the Law above it. A man of principles is the enemy of those without." ~Selma Palacio Alara
Three classes of men:
lovers of wisdom,
lovers of honor,
and lovers of gain.
~Plato
"To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !." ~Bhalchandra
"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
"We are far more likely to be harmed by our fellow man than by our fellow animals, yet we call animals wild and dangerous and we call man advanced and civilized." ~A.D. Williams
"We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe." ~Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
"We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We must be honest and open about the power relationships between men and women in our society, and we must help build a more enabling and supportive environment that puts the role of women centre stage in this struggle. Each one of us – sister and brother, mother and father, teacher and student, priest and parishioner, manager and worker, presidents and prime ministers – must add our voice to this call for action." ~Nelson Mandela speaking during the 46664 Concert, Fancourt, George, South Africa, 19 March 2005
"We are far more likely to be harmed by our fellow man than by our fellow animals, yet we call animals wild and dangerous and we call man advanced and civilized." ~A.D. Williams
"We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe." ~Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
"We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We must be honest and open about the power relationships between men and women in our society, and we must help build a more enabling and supportive environment that puts the role of women centre stage in this struggle. Each one of us – sister and brother, mother and father, teacher and student, priest and parishioner, manager and worker, presidents and prime ministers – must add our voice to this call for action." ~Nelson Mandela speaking during the 46664 Concert, Fancourt, George, South Africa, 19 March 2005
“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit.” ~Chief Seattle
"What men perceived as weak on women is actually their strength." ~Melanie Avergonzago
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others." ~Confucius
"When a man lies, cheats or steals, a part of his soul dies." ~Troy J. Gainey
"When men run out of words, they reach for their swords." ~Oliver Cromwell
"What men perceived as weak on women is actually their strength." ~Melanie Avergonzago
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others." ~Confucius
"When a man lies, cheats or steals, a part of his soul dies." ~Troy J. Gainey
"When men run out of words, they reach for their swords." ~Oliver Cromwell
"When small men begin to cast shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." ~Lin Yutang
"Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man’s lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one’s self." ~Max Stirner
"Wild animals are not as dangerous as wild men." ~A.D. Williams
"Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise." ~Cato the Elder, born Marcus Porcius Cato and also known as Cato the Censor, Cato the Wise, and Cato the Ancient (a Roman senator and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.)
"Women are like flowers. One woman and one flower inspire men. Many flowers and many women in one place cause a headache." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man’s lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one’s self." ~Max Stirner
"Wild animals are not as dangerous as wild men." ~A.D. Williams
"Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise." ~Cato the Elder, born Marcus Porcius Cato and also known as Cato the Censor, Cato the Wise, and Cato the Ancient (a Roman senator and historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization.)
"Women are like flowers. One woman and one flower inspire men. Many flowers and many women in one place cause a headache." ~Moritz (Moses) Gottlieb Saphir
"Women have served all these centuries as looking -glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size." ~Virgin Woolf
"Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible." ~Margaret Mead
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." ~Timothy Leary
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"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world." ~Joseph Addison
"A woman's loyalty is tested when her man has nothing, while a man's loyalty is tested when he has everything." ~Anon
"A woman's sigh can say more than a man's sermon." ~Arnold Haultain
“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.” ~Joyce Carol Oates
"It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too." ~Lillian Bell
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"Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible." ~Margaret Mead
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." ~Timothy Leary
RELATED QUOTES
"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world." ~Joseph Addison
"A woman's loyalty is tested when her man has nothing, while a man's loyalty is tested when he has everything." ~Anon
"A woman's sigh can say more than a man's sermon." ~Arnold Haultain
“Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.” ~Joyce Carol Oates
"It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too." ~Lillian Bell
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