Man Quotes

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.