Quotes
Quotes about Men
The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.
To my purist trout fishing friends, bass are lowly green fish and brown fish. To me, bass are bent rods and aching arms. To my ex-wife, bass are the bewilderment of addiction.
"Not to admire, is all the art I know (Plain truth, dear Murray, needs few flowers of speech) To make men happy, or to keep them so." (So take it in the very words of Creech) Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago; And thus Pope quotes the precept to re-teach From his translation; but had none admired, Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired?
To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.
We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
You can't put equipment on your gravestone. * Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, For wise men say it is the wisest course.
Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside. Once we feel good about ourselves inside we can genuinely lend ourselves to others.
The end and aim of all education is the development of character.
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.
It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
Good men prefer to be accountable.
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.
