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Each Man Quotes

On the private fears, powers, and duties that belong to one person alone.

These quotes turn on the idea of the individual: the natural liberty each man holds to preserve his own life, the private fear that eases once shared by another, and soldiers on a battlefield each determined to do his part. Read more in Ability quotes.

What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.

Quotes by Virgil

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.

Quotes by Sextus Propertius

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.

Plato

Ability Quotes

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Quotes by Philip James Bailey

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

Quotes by Peter Abrahams

Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.

Quotes by Luke Scott

If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.

Quotes by Lance Loud

I've always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if he was a Christian, he could know the truth. The truth itself doesn't have any...

Quotes by John Coltrane

Accordance Quotes

There was splendid fighting on the part of the division on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. There was no faltering or hesitation. Each man went to work determined to carry anything in reason.

Quotes by John Buford

Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as the saying is; but the generations are bound together by the golden links of the...

Quotes by George Edward Woodberry

But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.

Quotes by George Cadbury

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

Quotes by Edwin Arnold

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of...

Quotes by Edward Steichen

Action Quotes

The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was...

Quotes by Daniel Hannan

I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.

Quotes by Christopher Columbus

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

Quotes by Bernard Baruch

A man is a man in every part of the world. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the culture and education that each man has received since he was a child, in his home....

Quotes by Alicia Machado

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the central idea behind these each man quotes?
They circle around the individual, whether it's the natural liberty each man has to preserve his own life, a private fear, or a soldier's personal resolve in battle.
Is there a philosophical quote about natural rights here?
Yes, one quote defines the right of nature as the liberty each man has to use his own power as he sees fit for his own preservation, a classic political philosophy idea.
Does this page include anything about war or battle?
One quote describes days of hard fighting where each man went to work determined to carry his task through, without faltering or hesitation.
Why would someone search for 'each man' quotes specifically?
The phrase captures a focus on individual responsibility and experience rather than a group, which makes these quotes useful for writing about self-reliance or personal duty.
What other collection pairs well with this one?
Try Age quotes for more reflections on personal experience over time.

From philosophy to wartime accounts, they frame 'each man' as a unit of both freedom and obligation. Continue with Action quotes for more on individual resolve.