Men Quotes - Page 334

We are either kings or pawns of men

Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing.

The more the government intervenes to delay the market's adjustment, the longer and more grueling the depression will be, and the more difficult will be the road to complete recovery.

All government operation is wasteful, inefficient, and serves the bureaucrat rather than the consumer.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Thats basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free-enterprise system.

If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.

You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour. If Tetris has taught me anything, it's that errors pile up & accomplishments disappear. Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

When a man does not admit that he is an animal, he is less than an animal. Not more but less.

If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

Challenging the status quo takes commitment, courage, imagination, and, above all, dedication to learning.

The woman who needs to be liberated most is the woman in every man, and the man who needs to be liberated most is the man in every woman

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

People of peace, men and women of desire, such is the splendor of the Temple in which you will one day have the right to take your place. Such privilege should astonish you less, however, than your ability to commence building it down here, your ability, in fact, to adorn it at every moment of your existence. Remember the saying 'as above, so below', and contribute to this by making 'as below, so above'.

I’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the same. Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.

There are some people who still don't understand. But I know by the end of my fulfillment they will.

The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas.

Men like M. de Talleyrand are like sharp instruments with which it is dangerous to play.