Men Quotes

All the taxes paid over a lifetime by the average American are spent by the government in less than a second.

Jim Fiebig

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

Walter Savage Lando

How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

Lord Byron

The society of women is the element of good manners.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

Clarence Darrow

Difficulties are things that show what men are.

Epictetus

Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.

Agesilaus the Second

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. ... The new president and his first lady.

Richard Milhous Nixon

Love is to man an embarrassment, even a word; it is to a woman an excuse for existence, especially the word.

Author Unknown

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes that he who distrusts them.

Conte Di Camillo Benso Cavou

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

Voltaire

To the accountants, a true work of art is an investment that hangs on the wall.

Hilary Alexander, Sunday Telegraph (1993)

It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Hubert H. Humphrey

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last then super - Added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

Horace

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Tyron Edwards

Life is not advancement. It is growth. It does not move upward, but expands outward, in all directions.

Russell G. Alexande

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Martin Luther King Jr.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Confucius

Loving is misery for women always. I shall never forgive God for making me a woman and dearly am I beginning to pay for the honour of owning a pretty face.

Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

Florence Scovel Shinn

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Theodore Roosevelt

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

George Bernard Shaw

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.

Matsuo Basho

The bravest thing that men do is love women.

Mort Sahl

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - Not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

James Abram Garfield

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

Mahatma Gandhi

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Sophocles

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Buddha

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Sophocles, Ajax

Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken.

Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

Malcolm Muggeridge

He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

Mencius, Works

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward Bulwer - Lytton, Richelieu

Happiness is always a by - Product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

Robertson Davies