Man Quotes

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

One man with courage makes a majority.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Let no such man be trusted.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.