Men Quotes
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.Henry David Thoreau
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.Benjamin Franklin
The amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity.Arthur Schopenhaue
Men generally believe what they wish.Gaius Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.Andre Gide
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.Bokonon
They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.William Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", Act 5 scene 1
Three things ruin a man power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.Harry S Truman
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way.John Stuart Mill
The art of government is the organization of idolatry.George Bernard Shaw
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.Aristotle
On the touchstone of misfortune a man discovers the strength of understanding and of spirit in kinsmen, wife, servants, and himself.The Hitopadesa
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.G. K. Chesterton
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.Cicero
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed.Unknown, UNESCO Constitution
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it...Learned Hand
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.C. C. Colton
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
Mental health increases as we pursue reality at all cost.M. Scott Peck
Consciousness of our powers augments them.Vauvenargues
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.Oscar Levant
Good men must be affectionate men.Samuel Richardson
The great successful men of the world have used their imagination... they think ahead and create their mental picture in all it details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building - - Steadily building.Robert J. Collie
That all men are equal is a proposition which, at ordinary times, no sane individual has ever given his assent.Aldous Huxley
If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.William Penn
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.Titus Livius
Good judgement is the result of experience... Experience is the result of bad judgement.Fred Brooks
The most extensive computation known has been conducted over the last billion years on a planet - wide scale: it is the evolution of life. The power of this computation is illustrated by the complexity and beauty of its crowning achievement, the human brain.David Rogers, Weather Prediction Using a Genetic Memory
Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?Peter Ustinov
The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.Eug? ne Delacroix
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.Danish prove
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.Edward Abbey
Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.Albert Einstein
Colleges typically did not tell you that ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall. People might ask for a rebate.Tom Clancy, "The Teeth Of The Tiger" - - Page 180
The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them.James Olive
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.Calvin Coolidge
