Men Quotes - Page 581

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

To prove that Wall Street is an early omen of movements still to come in GNP, commentators quote economic studies alleging that market downturns predicted four out of the last five recessions. That is an understatement. Wall Street indexes predicted nine out of the last five recessions! And its mistakes were beauties.

The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just a sacred trust... Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people - with my songs.

The United States has entered the ranks of the failed states. One of the most remarkable manifestations of a failed state is that the criminals are all inside the government operating against the people, whereas in a normal state, the criminals are on the outside of the government, operating against it. So, we now have every manifestation of being a failed state, with the government in the hands of a few Wall Street gangsters.

The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that renders us invincible.

The universal law of karma ... is that of action and reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the course of natural righteousness, man, by his thoughts and actions, becomes the arbiter of his destiny.

The heart of salvation is the Cross of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so much. The Cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the collision was absorbed by the heart of God.

There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.

It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.

The best way to succeed is to discover what you love and find a way to offer it to others.

A field of clay touched by the genius of man becomes a castle.

Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.

The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard.

When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers.

Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die.

Let's start a new tomorrow, today.

Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ.

A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously.

Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.