Quotes About Men

The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight with the blow, to live an eternity in an hour.

He was one of those men whose constitutional inability to make small talk forfeits all one's sympathy, and makes one think that social grace is sometimes a moral duty.

True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave them.

What men value in the world is not rights, but privileges.

Women distrust men too much in general, and too little in particular.

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

The royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea.

All men are liable to error; and most men are ... by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion I have shudder'd at it. I shudder no more. I could be martyr'd for my religion Love is my religion And I could die for that. I could die for you.

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or not.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

Any man will usually get from other men what he is expecting from them. If he is looking for friendship, he will likely receive it. If his attitude is that of indifference, it will beget indifference. And if a man is looking for a fight, he will in all likelihood be accommodated in that.

The man who trusts other men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

All worthwhile men have good thoughts, good ideas and good intentions, but precious few of them ever translate those into action.

States, like men, have their growth, their manhood, their decrepitude, their decay.

Only great men may have great faults.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of things that are to be.

It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.