981 private quotes tagged men

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?” — Victor Hugo

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“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” — William Blake

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“If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” — George S. Patton

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“Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.” — Francis Bacon

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“Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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“There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Books are not men and yet they stay alive.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.” — Oscar Wilde

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“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” — James Madison

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“No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.” — Aristotle

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“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.” — Napoleon Hill

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“The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.” — Elbert Hubbard

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“The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.” — Victor Hugo

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“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” — Aristotle

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