Quotes about men
men soul victory
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory Napoleon Bonaparte
men favour favors
Men are never attached to you by favours.
men world twenties
To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
men risk ribbons
Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.
men grows battlefields
Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.
men safety audacity
It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.
men affair individual
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.
men soldier he-man
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
men impossible-things accomplished
How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?
men play two
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.
men tools use
The tools belong to the man who can use them.
men way superior-man
The superior man is never in anyone's way.
men important needs
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
men slavery despicable
Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!
men recruit honour
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
men should knows
When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.
men toys
Men are ruled by toys.
men corrupt-power power-corrupts
Great men are almost always bad men. Lord Acton
men liberty morality
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
men might limits
There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing. Lois McMaster Bujold
men events young
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
men choices may
Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure.
men promise rewards
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. Livy
men views benefits
Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he who has no object in view other than the public benefit.
men suffering dread
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.
men haste doe
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
men wish violence
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
men luck disposition
Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
men flying calamity
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
men trials guilty
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
men danger spite
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
men envy likes
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
men thinking advice
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.