Man Quotes
No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow Beginning, before it becomes a historical event, is the supreme capacity of man; politically, it is identified with man’s freedom. ‘That a beginning be made man was created’ said Augustine. This beginning is guaranteed by each new birth; it is indeed every man.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.
Lao TzuLao Tzu Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.
SaadiSaadi As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse – as a luxury befitting a young man.
StendhalStendhal If it’s a woman it’s caustic, if it’s a man it’s authority, If it’s a woman it’s too pushy, if it’s a man it’s aggressive in the best sense of the word.
Barbara WaltersBarbara Walters It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed. As often as the elements, the elements of the world are violated by ill treatment, so God will cleanse them thru the sufferings, thru the hardships of mankind.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SolonSolon