Men Quotes - Page 864

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

Our own lives are the instruments with which we experiment with truth.

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.

I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts and sacrifices, even though they held no office whatsoever in government or society.

When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors to concoct a series of positions deliberately designed to weaken America, they would be hard pressed to beat the current GOP dogma - hobble education, starve the government by slashing taxes to the rich, kneecap attempts to jumpstart the economy by fixating on debt, invite corporations to dominate political discourse, balkanize the population by demonizing minorities and immigrants and let favored religions dictate social policy.

Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.

Freedom is based on truth, and no man is completely free as long as any part of his belief is based on error.

Men, do as I say and I will always lead you to victory.

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

The development of self-confidence starts with the elimination of this demon called fear.

What if you have failed in the past? So, at one time did every man we recognize as a towering success. They called it "temporary defeat.

Change your mental attitude, & the World around you will change accordingly

If the mind of man can believe, the mind of man can achieve.

The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

Life's too short to bullshit.

Girls have to be strong to protect the men they love.

We will never agree to give up Jerusalem, a united city under Israeli sovereignty, and only Israeli. We will not accept a terrorist Palestinian state, we will not accept an agreement based on the 67 lines.