Men Quotes - Page 795

That all of God’s men are immortal until God is through with them is a wonderful comforting thought for today. And when He is through with you, He will remove you from the earth.

True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly

In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'

As yet, if a man has no feeling for art he is considered narrow-minded, but if he has no feeling for science this is considered quite normal. This is a fundamental weakness.

If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you. You need to have lips - they are important for getting men.

And in man is a three-pound brain which, as far as we know, is the most complex and orderly arrangement of matter in the universe.

The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.

Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independence on the will and co-action of every other in so far as this consists with every other person's freedom.

I've been pulled out of my nice new car and laid out in the street by the police, interrogated and then have them get in the car and roll off leaving me lying in the street without even saying 'Get up.' The humiliation that they can put on a black man because they determine that you ain't got the money.

That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd say this culture right now is similar, as long as people have money, fun, and food, our government can do heinous, heinous things.

You have to take the long view. First, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, man has already progressed to the point where a commandment against cannibalism was no longer necessary. And, second, it's like pissing on a boulder. For the first few thousand years, you don't see any effect. But after that, you start to see a definite impact.

I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.

I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we'll be ok.

The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.

The majority of companies on this planet are publicly driven engines. They're always the last ones to change. They're not only the biggest polluters, but they're the biggest providers of services for the consumer. Government itself is one of the biggest polluters on the planet. The U.S. military pollutes the planet more than most other entities.

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man

God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Kindly politeness is the slow fruit of advanced reflection; it is a sort of humanity and kindliness applied to small acts and every day discourse: it bids man soften towards others, and forget himself for the sake of others: it constrains genuine nature, which is selfish and gross.

Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.

One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted

History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea, and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world.