Men Quotes - Page 41

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It's the person you become.

Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.

As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself.

He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.

I'm not cocky, I'm confident. So when you tell me I'm the best it's a compliment

Roughly 7 to 8 percent of men in Germany are homosexual. If that is how things remain, our nation will fall to pieces because of that plague. Those who practice homosexuality deprive Germany of the children they owe her.

A well-managed classroom is a task-oriented and predictable environment.

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgment upon anything new.

Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was established.

I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.