Men Quotes - Page 803

When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves.

There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.

I still take failure very seriously, but I've found that the only way I could overcome the feeling is to keep on working, and trying to benefit from failures or disappointments. There are always some lessons to be learned. So I keep on working.

There is no savor more sweet, more salt than to be glad to be what, woman, and who, myself, I am.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog.

Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.

It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.

...the discovery, that at no time did this man (Hitler) pose or intend a real threat to Britain or the Empire.

The Egyptians would sacrifice red-headed men on the tomb of Osiris because red was the colour associated with Set, the Egyptian version of Satan.

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.

Oh! how amazing it is that people can talk so much about men's power and goodness, when if God did not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate!

It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces society, and indeed the whole of human nature and consciousness today. Moreover, it may turn out that such a form of free exchange of ideas and information is of fundamental relevance for transforming culture and freeing it of destructive misinformation, so that creativity can be liberated.

Ordinary men are given the authority of the priesthood. Worthiness and willingness - not experience, expertise, or education - are the qualifications for priesthood ordination.

O mortal men, be wary of how ye judge.

There lived a redheaded man who had no eyes or ears. He didn’t have hair either, so he was called a redhead arbitrarily. He couldn’t talk because he had no mouth. He had no nose either. He didn’t even have arms or legs. He had no stomach, he had no back, he had no spine, and he had no innards at all. He didn’t have anything. So we don’t even know who we’re talking about. It’s better that we don’t talk about him any more.

Describe your perfect man who looks like me.

When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he's coming at me with a wet dish towel.

The only failure one man should fear, is the failure to do his best.