Quotes
Quotes about Men
He who seizes the right moment is the right man.
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
I don't want yes men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs.
I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.
Absurdity, n. a statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
I do not hesitate to read ... all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable--any real insight or broad human sentiment.
A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
There is no fundamental difference between man and the lower animals in their mental faculties... The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
...it is difficult to picture the great Creator conceiving of a program of one creature (which He has made) using another living creature for purposes of experimentation. There must be other, less cruel ways of obtaining knowledge.
Whenever people say 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism.
If...the machine of government...is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
