Quotes
Quotes about Man
Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man that you can paint the air.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.
Every man has three charactersâthat which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, ;or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.
Man's character is his fate.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.
In Faith and Hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity.
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.
There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.
Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
There's a woman like a dew-drop, She's so purer than the purest.
Mine honor's such a ring; My chastity's the jewel of our house, Bequeathed down from many ancestors, Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world In me to lose.
A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
When a woman has lost her chastity, she will shrink from no crime. [Lat., Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abneurit.]
We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.
