Man Quotes
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
MaimonidesMaimonides A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves.
Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman A man’s ego is just as sensitive as a woman’s self-esteem.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai Franco will bring the army from Castille. The ambassador will complain, causing a schism. Rivera’s men will be part of the force. The great man will be denied entry to the gulf.
NostradamusNostradamus If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man’s life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool’s notion of history.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn’t afterward.
Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
Chris KyleChris Kyle Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Because Dr. King was human and not divine – although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary man, but a man – and he would get depressed from time to time and disappointed about all kinds of things relative to the movement.
Coretta Scott KingCoretta Scott King The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton Sometimes I [longed to be a chimp] I just wanted to know. what it felt like in the evening to be making a nest and what it felt like to be a female when a big male comes thundering in.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall