Quotes about men
men thought-provoking brave
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live. Chinua Achebe
men greatness way
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
men stories doe
It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is our escort;without it,we are blind.Does the blind man own his escort?No,neither do we the story;rather,it is the story that owns us.
men land battle
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.
men people greater
No man however great is greater than his people
men thinking thought-provoking
In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
men bills want
No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it. China Machado
men doe earth
Man belongs to the Earth, Earth does not belong to man Chief Seattle
men air white-man
The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.
men cities dying
Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench.
men asks
We ask to be recognized as men. Chief Joseph
men law asks
We ask only that the law shall work alike on all men.
men white-man people
I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
men government treated
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
men race white-man
I know that my race must change. We cannot hold our own with the white men as we are. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also.
men two looks
Look twice at a two-faced man.
men people ears
I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
men vaccines white
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.
men white authority
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
men white-man land
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.
men brave coward
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
men white people
Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.
men law giving
Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
men justice church
We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that.
men position-of-power population
About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai put it simply and well when she said 'The higher you go, the fewer women there are.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
men people feminist
Culture does not make people - people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, we must make it our culture. [...] A feminist is a man or a woman who says, 'yes there is a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it. We must do better.'
men said yellow-sun
You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.
men age our-society
Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.
men advice juniors
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men. Chester W. Nimitz
men good-man helping
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.
men thinking yang
Mao is a sometime Yin sometime Yang strange man, he has a soft-as-cotton outer layer, but at the same time has sharp needles hiding inside... I do not think he could achieve anything, at the end he will be crushed inside my palm. Chiang Kai-shek
men years people
I had spent many years before I was 31 hearing people tell me, Oh Man, you're so funny, you need to be in television. But that and a quarter won't get you on a bus Chi McBride
men tolerance democracy
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal. Chester Himes