Men Quotes

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help."

"A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure."

"A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth."

"A woman simply is, but a man must become."

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."

"All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests."

"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."

"All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it."

"All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law."

"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened."

"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."

"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."

"All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own."

"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine."

"All religions have been made by men."

"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work."

"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women."

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."

"Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of."

"America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children."

"Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted with issues like child care."

"And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men."

"Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass."

"Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial."

"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can."

"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become."

"As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"

"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."

"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."

"Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune."

"Bad men are full of repentance."

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men."

"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."

"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."

"Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts could not register to vote because each time they attempted to register to vote, they were told they could not pass the literacy test."

"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."

"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war."

"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."

"By indignities men come to dignities."

"By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments."

"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."

"Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own."

"Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances."

"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."

"Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it."

"Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny."

"Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all."