Men Quotes
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.Alexandre Dumas, fils
To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.Sir William Osle
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.Rita Mae Brown
One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.Lewis Lew Wallace
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.Ansel Adams
To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.Charles William Stubbs
When the highest type of men hear Tao, They diligently practice it. When the average type of men hear Tao, They half believe in it. When the lowest type of men hear Tao, They laugh heartily at it.Lao Tzu
The Interstate Commerce commission, as its functions have now been limited by the courts is, or can be made, of great use to the railroads. It satisfies the public clamor for a government supervision of railroads, at the same time that that supervision is almost entirely nominal.Richard Olney, a lawyer for the Boston & Maine and Attorney General under Grover Cleveland, advising a railroad president
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 best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.Kahlil Gibran
As close as we are today, tomorrow when we come back from that battlefield, we will be as close as two men can possibly be, sharing a bond that can only be forged in the face of imminent disfigurement. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.Jeff Melvoin
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.Tyron Edwards
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.John Locke
My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.Frank Zappa
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.Thomas Paine
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little - Understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.George Steine
All general statements are false.Unknown, The Ultimate Law
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.Titus Livius
Consciousness of our powers augments them.Vauvenargues
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.Margot Asquith
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
Creative thinking should be viewed as an essential supplement to, though not a replacement for, critical thinking.Lloyd P. Provost & R. M. Sprout, Quality Progress [August 1996]
The true republic men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less.Franklin P. Adams
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - The principle of civilian ascendency over the military.William Orville Douglas
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.Buddha
Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve.Jules Verne
Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non - Being is the greatest joy.The Dhammapada
A little tact and wise management may often evade resistance, and carry a point, where direct force might be in vain.Author Unknown
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe
Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsiblity and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.Helen Merrell Lynd
There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.Napoleon Bonaparte
My dear boy, no woman is a genius. They are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.Marquis de Sade
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.J. Michael Straczynski
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.Edward W. Howe
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.Oscar Wilde
Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.Barbara DeAngelis
