Quotes About Man

There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.

the new man cannot exist without the old monster masculinity. All the new men are aware of how masculinity is constructed and therefore how they differ from its traditional form...new men do not have to "lack" the attributes of real men, and therefore make them more appealing to viewers, but it also closes down some of their potential for a revisioning of masculinity.

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.

It's dangerous, son." "What's dangerous?" "When a man goes outside his house to look for peace.

Seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.

You deserve better than a man who requires reforming.

You know the legend, lady, but you don't know the man. And damn if I'm not tempted to introduce you to the man.

I'm waiting' for my man, Got twenty-six dollars in my hand. He's never early, he's always late, First thing you learn is that you always gotta' wait' - Waiting for the Man

The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

A man of nothing who has started out from nothing starting out from an unassignable place: these are, for Machiavelli, the conditions for regeneration.

Language was not given to man: he seized it.

True liberty consists exactly in self-determination in the direction of holiness. Man is never more free than when he moves consciously in the direction of God.

According to Scripture the essence of man consists in this, that he is the image of God. As such he is distinguished from all other creatures and stands supreme as the head and crown of the entire creation.

Man ceased to recognize the knowledge of God as something that was given in Scripture, and began to pride himself on being a seeker after God. In course of time it became rather common to speak of man's discovering God, as if man ever discovered Him; and every discovery that was made in the process was dignified with the name of "revelation.

This general revelation never has been exclusively natural, but always contained an admixture of the supernatural. Even before the fall God revealed Himself to man supernaturally in the covenant of works. And in the course of the history of revelation God frequently revealed Himself in a supernatural way outside of the sphere of special revelation, Gen. 20:3 ff.; 40: 5 ff ; 41:1 ff.; Judg. 7:13; Dan. 2:1 ff.

Dr. Vos is of the opinion that Jesus probably preferred the name, because it stood farthest removed from every possible Jewish prostitution of the Messianic office. By calling Himself the Son of Man, Jesus imparted to the Messiahship His own heaven-centered spirit.

Religion is concerned with man's relation to God, and man has no right to determine the nature of this relation. It is God's prerogative to specify how man should be related to Him, and He does this in His divine Word.

To the glorious message of redemption there is an answering faith on the part of man, consisting in a childlike trust in Jesus Christ, and becoming at the same time a fountain of love to God and His service.

Privacy is the right to be alone–the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.

There's a certain sort of a man whose every charm lies in his predictability.

That's why I made the muffins from rose water, as a homage to Jane. Then I ate them, as you saw. I always eat my pain.' Gabri smiled slightly. Looking at the size of the man, Gamache marveled at the amount of pain he must have.

But I understand your doubts. They're what make you a great man, not your certainties.

Watching the man approach with a strong, determined step, Rosenblatt suspected Gamache was no more retired than he himself