Man Quotes
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.
Genghis KhanGenghis Khan Call no man happy till he is dead.
AeschylusAeschylus We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
ChanakyaChanakya Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.
James AllenJames Allen Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Thirty is a very good age for an actor: you can play both young and old men.
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio Painting it’s a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
EpicurusEpicurus Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle The holes of oblivion do not exist. Nothing human is that perfect, and there are simply too many people in the world to make oblivion possible. One man will always be left alive to tell the story.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt