981 private quotes tagged men

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.” — Aristotle

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“Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Great hopes make great men.” — Thomas Fuller

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“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

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“You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.” — Henry Ford

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“There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.” — Voltaire

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“Men are only as great as they are kind.” — Elbert Hubbard

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“Observe all men, thyself most.” — Benjamin Franklin

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“Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.” — Henry Ford

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“The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.” — Dalai Lama

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“The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.” — Sun Tzu

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“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.” — George Eliot

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“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.” — Epicurus

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“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” — Helen Keller

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“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.” — Ayn Rand

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“I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.” — Aristotle

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“Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.” — H. L. Mencken

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