Men Quotes
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.David Riesman
Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.Kahlil Gibran
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.Hellen Kelle
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.George Bernard Shaw
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non - Being is the greatest joy.The Dhammapada
The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.Maria Montessori
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.Thomas Paine
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat.Woodrow Wilson
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.Euripides
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.George Washington
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.John F. Kennedy
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.Jean Paul Friedrich Richte
If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.David Hume
Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.Ronald Reagan
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid It must be education that does it.Alexandre Dumas
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.Andrew Carnegie
Women with body image or eating disorders are not a special category, just more extreme in their response to a culture that emphasizes thinness and impossible standards of appearance for women instead of individuality and health.Gloria Steinem
There are three rings in marriage. The engagement ring... The wedding ring... and the suffering.Trevor Rook
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - The little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.Samuel Taylor Coleridge
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment
Half this game is 90 mental.Yogi Berra
The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor he takes my measure anew every time he sees me, whilst all the rest go on with their old measurements, and expect them to fit me.George Bernard Shaw
If the automobile had followed the same development cyclee as the computer, a Rolls - Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld
How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.Robert Southey
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.Seneca
Men who have reached and passed forty - Five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.Benjamin Haydon
A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, 1787
Men are like wine some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.Pope John XXIII
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.Thomas John Watson, Sr.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.Voltaire
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.Elizabeth Cady Stanton
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.Helen Hayes
More people out of work leads to higher unemployment. `Calvin Coolidge
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most People are even incapable of forming such opinions.Albert Einstein
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.Niels Henrik David Boh
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.Andr Gide
When you have no basis of argument, abuse the plaintiff.Cicero
