The Man Quotes

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.

My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this.

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.

The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.

The Rich Man's Banquet, which was to last for a decade, had now begun: the feast, it was recognised, went to the greediest.

Working for the Man seemed really good to me.

A good man is kinder to his enemy than bad men are to their friends.

Never underestimate a backwoods Cajun in a fight, old man.

How many perils doe enfold The righteous man to make him daily fall.

Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective.

In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation.

Evil succeeds when good men do nothing

I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth.

Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.

In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength.

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere.

If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.

any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man

General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, of very ordinary capacity.

Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.

He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself

I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.

Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

All good men and women should be on their guard to avoid guilt, and even the suspicion of it.

The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.

With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle.

Mankind — the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.

I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.

There's place and means for every man alive.