Men Quotes - Page 83

Many people who have been around boxing all those years never had a champion, certainly a heavyweight champion....For that to happen in one's lifetime is so improbable. I got Floyd Patterson, then, here, at the age of 76, I was fortunate to come in contact with this young man who has, in my opinion, all the requirements to be a champion that I believe he's going to be, maybe the best that ever lived.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions.

To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues.

When this love, the heavenly gift of Nature, appears in the heart, it removes all causes of excitation from the system and cools it down to a perfectly normal state; and invigorating the vital powers, expels all foreign matters- the germs of diseases-by natural ways (perspiration and so forth). It thereby makes man perfectly healthy in body and mind, And enables him to understand properly the guidance of Nature.

A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for.

The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true Self. Man’s search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.

A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.

How could we have such a low view of the gospel of Jesus Christ that we have to manipulate men psychologically to get them to come down and pray a prayer? …How many times have I heard evangelists say, “It’ll only take five minutes.”? No my dear friend, it will take your life–all of it!

I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second

For a woman, language spoken is an expression of what she is feeling. For a man, language spoken is an expression of what he is thinking. A woman says what is on her heart while a man says what is on his mind.

Get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of Man.

Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.

Blessed the man and woman who is able to serve cheerfully in the second rank - a big test.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life are not signs of mental illness, but of growing intelligence.

I am a 21st century man. I don’t believe in magic. I believe in sweat, tears, life and death.

A man's eyes should be torn out if he can only see the past

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves as emotional first aid for bruised feelings. When we genuinely acknowledge a child's plight and voice her disappointment, she often gathers the strength to face reality.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.