Men - Quotes & Sayings
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
Sun TzuNow the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
Sun TzuMen think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
Lord ByronThe difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.
Vince LombardiI know now that there are men out there who are, for me, the whole package, who are supportive of my successes because they know I will be just as supportive of theirs. I'm less tolerant of foolishness now; I know that it's important I not tie myself up with the wrong person, because then I will miss the right person coming along.
Ginnifer GoodwinMen are born to succeed, not to fail.
Henry David ThoreauMen who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
Marcus GarveyGreat men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
Ernest HemingwayReflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles DickensIf you ask, do you like strong men or weak men, I'd say, I like who I like.
Miuccia PradaIt seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack men except in defense of their young. How easily and safely a bear could pick us up as we lie asleep! Only wolves and tigers seem to have learned to hunt man for food, and perhaps sharks and crocodiles.
John MuirThe truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
John AdamsSoldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but by the grace and providence of the gods, I am still preserved.
Alexander the GreatIf we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.
Sun TzuMen are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.
Sigmund FreudIt may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.
Carl Friedrich GaussMost men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.
James J. HillIt's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
Mae WestI told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men.
Christa McAuliffeMy feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.
Sandra CisnerosI shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Andrew CarnegieMen are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
Jose MartiDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Abigail AdamsMen are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?
Auguste ComteThe spirit of liberalism is to create free men; it is not the regimentation of men.
Herbert HooverMen are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Napoleon BonaparteTo prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
John LockeIn the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.
Thomas SzaszIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DiogenesThe truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.
Marilyn MonroeRevenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.
Chief SeattleInjustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time.
Mother JonesYou can find all types of men anywhere, but a smart man will always make you feel important and understood. And a woman can always tell when a man does it genuinely and effortlessly.
James MarsdenThe Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.
David JeremiahMen of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
Leonardo da VinciNo human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
William OslerSome men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.
Hedy LamarrThere are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Francois de La RochefoucauldEvery man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
Martin HeideggerWhen I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
Bob UeckerI think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
Ice TThe whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.
Tom WolfeAll men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James ThurberLabor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Ulysses S. GrantThe more comfortable men are with dealing with their own vulnerability and their own ideas of masculinity and feeling emasculated, the healthier they are. It's a healthy thing to deal with.
Ben SchnetzerTime is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave.
PericlesThe work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
Samuel SmilesMen for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
Margaret Fuller