Quotes
Quotes about Men
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose in June, Fresh as the trickling rainbow of July; Sea full of food, the nourisher of kinds, Purger of earth, and medicine of men; Creating a sweet climate by my breath, Washing out harms and griefs from memory, And, in my mathematic ebb and flow, Giving a hint of that which changes not.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinion is by a wager.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
Monuments of the safety with which errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.
Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man. [Ger., Der den Augenblick ergreift, Das ist der rechte Mann.]
The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door, and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves that they are alive.
Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life They of a sudden greet us with a smile.
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwritingâ a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
Opposites are not contradictory but complementary.
