Men Quotes - Page 102

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.

In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.

I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.

Men are like linoleum floors. Lay 'em right and you can walk all over them for years.

If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.

That's what we do, man, we're like storytellers. We tell you stories from the streets. Whether we did it before when we was young or we heard it from one of the homies telling us a tale of what he been through. It's all in having fun and creating a movie like vibe to tell a tale from the streets.

Commit yourself to do whatever it is you can contribute in order to create a healthy and sustainable future - the world needs you desperately. Find that in yourself and make a commitment - that is what will change the world.

In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.

Now women are funny animals. You never know when you are with them - they don’t often know where they are with themselves . It’s no good trying to find out what makes them tick. It just can’t be done. They have more moods than an army of cats with lives, and all you can hope is to spot the mood you’re after when it turns up and step in quick. Hesitate you’re a dead duck, unless you’re one of those guys who like slow approach that might get you somewhere in a week or in a month or even a year.

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness.

If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform.

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.