Men Quotes - Page 483

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

Life is measured in achievement not in years alone

The fundamental idea of design is to make the world a better place.

When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked - I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time.

We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them.

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

Running is perhaps the most fundamental of all sports, and it is economically the least costly to perform. As a consequence, it is the most democratic and most competitive of all sports because individual merit can prevail despite economic equality. It is a sport for everyone, the whole world over.

Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.

The value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of the price you pay for it.

What, indeed, is an atheist? He is one who destroys delusions which are harmful to humanity in order to lead men back to nature, to reality, to reason. He is a thinker who, having reflected on the nature of matter, its energy, properties and ways of acting, has no need of idealized powers or imaginary intelligences to explain the phenomena of the universe and the operations of nature.

I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.

A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...

Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.

Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.

Men are marked from the moment of birth to rule or be ruled.

How could you set yourself up as the most powerful institution on earth? You first find out what every man feels at least once a day, establish that as a sin, and set yourself up as the only institution capable of pardoning that sin.

Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.

God can change our circumstances, but sometimes He waits for us to show real desire for change as well as our faith in Him.

We are not these bodies; we're neither our accomplishments nor our possessions—we are all one with the Source of all being, which is God.

I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.

Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.