Men Quotes
Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters.M. F. K. Fishe
Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.Laurie Colwin
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm and hence clamorous to be led to safety by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.H. L. Mencken
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.Confucius, The Confucian Analects
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.Confucius
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.Jack Anderson
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.Gelett Burgess
The mightiest of weapons is truth. And everyone knows you? re not permitted to enter a Government building with a weapon.John Alejandro King, a. k. a. The Covert Comic, www. covertcomic. com
Men are equal it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.Voltaire
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.Greek prove
Wise and prudent men - - Intelligent conservatives - - Have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing times.Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Knowing that I am not the one in control gives great encouragement. Knowing the One who is in control is everything.Alexander Michael
One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.Woodrow Wilson
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.George Washington
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Henry David Thoreau
I recommend that you take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.Lord Chesterfield
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.Plato
If there is no worker involvement, there is no quality system.Lloyd Dobens and Clare Crawford - Mason, Thinking About Quality
Numbers are essential, but not absolutely essential to strength. For many churches are numerically strong but lamentably weak spiritually. Numbers, then, are no display of spiritual power or strength.W. T. Ussery
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.James Russell Lowell
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.Lord Chesterfield
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.Jim Rohn
We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. ... We have truly entered the century of the educated man.Lyndon B. Johnson
Mathematicians are like Frenchmen whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.Johann von Goethe
I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.Jane Austen, Emma
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.William Fullbright
Men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.John Johnson
Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.Cicero
Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.Agesilaus the Second
Its embarrassing, you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on a Best Sellers List.Abbie Hoffman, In response to the success of his book; Steal this Book
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.William H. Borah
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.Lord Chesterfield
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.Marcus Aelius Aurelius
The tendancy of liberals is to create bodies of men and women - Of all classes - Detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion - Mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined.George Eliot
No punishment of the unrighteous has ever been too severe in the eyes of the righteous.Author Unknown
If the objects who serve us feel ecstacy, they are much more often concerned with themselves than with us, and our own enjoyment is consequently impaired. The idea of seeing another person experience the same pleasure reduces one to a kind of equality which spoils the unutterable charms that come from despotism.Marquis de Sade
