Man Quotes

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

A man’s attire is only an outward projection of his inward self.

With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail.

In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There’s still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

Black men, you were once great; you shall be great again. Lose not courage or faith, go forward.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.