Men Quotes

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.