Men Quotes - Page 26

• Man needs so little... yet he begins wanting so much.

  Louis L'Amour

  Needs, Littles

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• The fuel in the earth will be exhausted in a thousand or more years, and its mineral wealth, but man will find substitutes for these in the winds, the waves, the sun's heat, and so forth.

  John Burroughs

  Years, Wind, Fuel

  John Burroughs (2008). “Under the Apple-Trees”, p.308, Wildside Press LLC

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• [In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend] others; and as a man lies in his grave not one year, but hundreds and thousands of years, the profit was enormous. The life of man was, in short, a loss, and only his death a profit.

  Anton Chekhov

  Death, Lying, Loss

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1929). “The Works of Anton Chekhov”

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• A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Hands, Fool, Pebbles

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• No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.

  Samuel Johnson

  Want, Able, Degrees

  Samuel Johnson (1836). “Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc”, p.384

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• Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  No Friends, Dependence On Others, Depends

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• In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.

  Ruth Gordon

  Divorce, Our Family, Funny Divorce

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• A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

  Laozi

  Hair, Tree, Growth

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• I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.

  William Wycherley

  Kings, Titles, He Man

  Mr. William Wycherley, Mr. John Crown, Colley Cibber “A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. IX.”

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• If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

  Seneca the Elder

  Inspirational, Life, Wind

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• America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

  Woodrow Wilson

  America, Killing, He Man

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1990). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Successful, Ideas, Goal

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front (Wisdom & Empowerment Series): How to Achieve Self-Reliance Which Leads to Vigorous Self-Faith, Personal Growth & Success”, p.288, e-artnow

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• Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.

  William Wilberforce

  Heaven, Have Faith, Turns

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• The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crisis, which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes as graceful and beloved as a bride!

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Majority, Hearing, Beloved

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• It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutalized his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

  Robert Southey

  Dream, Nature, Sparks

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• Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life.

  Mark Twain

  Opportunity, Gambling, Doors

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• When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.

  Byron Dorgan

  Country, Fighting, Safety

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• And to the rest of the world
  God gave you shoes to fit you
  So put 'em on and wear 'em
  Be yourself man, be proud of who you are
  Even if it sounds corny
  Don't ever let anyone tell you you ain't beautiful

  Eminem

  Beautiful, Being Yourself, Rap

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• It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.

  Norman Douglas

  Wise, Lying, Fool

  Norman Douglas (1957). “Siren Land: And Fountains in the Sand”, London : Secker & Warburg

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• A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Clever, Fall, Order

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• Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato

  Mos Def

  Sex, Dirty, Rap

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• My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop

  Redman

  Block, Rap, Rocks

  Song: Rated 'r', Album: Whut? Thee Album

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• Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase "It is the busiest man who has time to spare."

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Work, Phrases, Facts

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• A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

  George Washington

  Action, Intention, Should

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1756). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.532

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• The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.

  H. L. Mencken

  Believe, Woe, Causes

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