Quotes
Quotes about Man
Artichokes are like humans: you have to go through so much to get to the heart.
Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.
Many people spend their health for wealth, and then try to spend their wealth for health.
Wisdom is a comb given to a man once he is bald.
Seven sins of life: Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Wealth without work. Education without character. Science without humanity. Pleasure without conscience. Worship without sacrifice.
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.
By learning to obey, you will know how to command.
Moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine.
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under socialism it's just the opposite.
Even in a pile of manure, a flower will grow.
Every man reaps what he sows, except the amateur gardener.
Every ten seconds, somewhere on this earth, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture, and the hardest things to sell.
Far too many people spend their lives reading the menu instead of enjoying the banquet.
Forbidden fruit creates many jams.
A certain man had invited the pastor and his wife for dinner, and it was little Joey's job to set the table. But when it came time to eat, Joey's mother said with surprise, "Why didn't you give Mrs. Brown a knife and fork dear?". "I didn't think I needed to," Joey explained, "I heard Daddy say she always eats like a horse.".
A clergyman had just enjoyed a hearty chicken dinner at the home of a rural parishioner. Gazing out the window, he remarked: "That rooster seems a mighty proud and happy bird.""He should," the host replied. "His oldest son just entered the ministry.".
A computer is almost human - except that it does not blame its mistakes on another computer.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.
And it can to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.
A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.
Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
