Man Quotes
A man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
Andre GideAndre Gide A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn’t play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
Pablo NerudaPablo Neruda Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.’
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
Walter ScottWalter Scott Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky When you stop trying to find the right man and start becoming the right woman, the right man will find his way to you.
CherCher A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.
Emile ZolaEmile Zola Man can not live by bread alone, he must have peanut butter.
Bill CosbyBill Cosby