Men Quotes - Page 120

The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

You will not see anyone who is truly striving after his spiritual advancement who is not given to spiritual reading.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.

On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?

I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

Now tell me, what does that mean to be noble? Your title gives you claim to the throne of our country, but men don't follow titles, they follow courage. Now our people know you. Noble, and common, they respect you. And if you would just lead them to freedom, they'd follow you. And so would I

Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? And here is my good big centipede! If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.

It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.

We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don't completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art.

Shape without form, shade without color, Paralyzed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom Remember us-if at all-not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men.

Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Happiness is simply to allow everything to be exactly as it is from moment to moment.

If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.

Our strength grows out of our weakness.

I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough.

You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.