I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth – often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable.
Men still have to be governed by deception.
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.
Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – they’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.
I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don’t mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That’s not power. That’s just corruption.
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired.
Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
There’s three things men always talk about – women, sports, and cars.
Youth is impulsive. When our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure their faces with black paint, it denotes that their hearts are black, and that they are often cruel and relentless, and our old men and old women are unable to restrain them. Thus it has ever been.
What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
I have always supported measures and principles and not men.
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottage princes’ palaces.
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society.
We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.
Women’s liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It’s men who are discriminated against. They can’t bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.
The true index of a man’s character is the health of his wife.
Some men play golf. I’ve got this crazy thing about maintaining our nation’s maritime heritage.
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
All religions have been made by men.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
In conclusion, men quotes remind us of the virtues, potential, and unique qualities that men possess. They inspire men to embrace their strength, wisdom, and capacity for greatness. Let these quotes serve as a reminder to celebrate the contributions of men throughout history and to encourage men to continually strive for personal growth, positive impact, and the realization of their full potential.
