Men Quotes

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Do not borrow the productions of other men's brains and pens and recite them as a lesson; but make the most of the talents, the brain power, that God has given you.