Men Quotes - Page 1116

A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

There are poems about the internet and about the shipping forecast but very few by women celebrating men.

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.

The greatest fears that governments have are freedom of speech and exposing the corruptness, the ineptitude, and the double dealing going on that they don’t want the public knowing about.

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

Nature has cast but two men in the mould of statesmen,--myself and Mirabeau. After that she broke the mould.

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

The Commander in Chief directs that Divine service be performed every Sunday at 11 o'clock...It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men.

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. . . . reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.

America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.

Without Holy Spirit boldness, the world will remain unevangelized... there can never be a substitute for the power of the Spirit working through willing men and women, and that power will bring boldness.

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.

Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted.

I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.

That was the way of this cold world, where men fished the sea and dug in the ground and died, whilst women brought forth short-lived children from beds of blood and pain.

If half an onion is black with rot, it is a rotten onion. A man is good or he is evil. (Melisandre of Asshai)

I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.