Men Quotes
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.Clifton Fadiman
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man.... such a man is a true gentleman.Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds our planet is the mental institution of the universe.Johann von Goethe
The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people.William John Bennett
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.Frederick William Robertson
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.Helen Kelle
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.Dietrich Bonhoeffe
I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.Vince Lombardi, Lombardi Winning is the only thing (by Jerry Kramer)
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.Harry Emerson Fosdick
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.Thomas Jefferson
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.Thomas Jefferson
We live by encouragement and die without it - - Slowly, sadly, angrily.Celeste Holm
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.Grayson Kirk
I have never been able, really, to regret anything in all my life. I have always been far much too absorbed in the present moment or the immediate future to think back.Albert Camus, The Strange
In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen in small things they show themselves as they are.Nicholas Chamfort
Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.Hasidic Saying
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.Hubert H. Humphrey
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B. C.
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.E. H. Chapin
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.Jean Jacques Rousseau
We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.Eric Hoffe
Modesty and unselfishness - - These are the virtues which men praise - - And pass by.Andr Maurois
A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only he himself can damage that. His reputations what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.John Ballantine Gough
To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.William Shakespeare
Life is not a matter of milestones, but of moments.Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Many men can make a fortune by very few can build a family.J. S. Bryan
Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.Bertrand Russell
Judgement, not passion should prevail.Epicharmus
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.George Washington
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible And indescribably as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star - Dust caught, A segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.Henry David Thoreau
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two - Thirds of the people of the Earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.Albert Einstein
The objective of false prophets and teachers of whatever stripe is... the influence and control of the minds of men.Ron Dart
A state that dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great things can really be accomplished.John Stewart Mills
On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - Halftime.Unknown
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.Ralph Waldo Emerson
An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.Gary L. Francione, (American Legal Philosopher), Reaction to quote by Joseph Joubert
