Men Quotes

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

What young men nowadays don't realise is that ballroom dancing can be such a source of enjoyment.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

'Men don't cry!' 'Women can't handle money!' What limiting ideas to live with.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.