Quotes
Quotes about Men
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
Faith is a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But Microscopes are prudent In an emergency.
If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him.
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.
Read but o'er the Stories Of men most fam'd for courage or for counsaile And you shall find that the desire of glory Was the last frailty wise men put of; Be they presidents.
The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain.
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up a hill, Whose summit, like all hills, is lost in vapour: For this men write, speak, preach, and heroes kill, And bards burn what they call their "midnight taper," To have, when the original is dust, A name, a wretched picture, and worse bust.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.âSir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.
If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this.âSpencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.
What we know is not much; what we do not know is immense.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Death is a law and not a punishment. Three things ought to console us for giving up life; the friends whom we have lost, the few persons worth of being loved whom we leave behind us, and finally the memory of our stupidities and the assurance that they are now going to stop.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.
Farewell, my children; remain always in the fear of the Lord. That temptation and tribulation which is to come is now at hand and happy shall they who persevere in the good they have begun. I hasten to go to our Lord, to whose grace I recommend you.
