Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
Without philosophy man cannot know what he makes; without religion he cannot know why.
Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science he attempts to do so. Hence the deadliness of all that is purely scientific.
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Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.
I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.
When Phil Taylor is in the field - no matter whether it's tiddlywinks or the world championship at Alexandra Palace - he is the man to beat.
When it comes to spending, I don't splash out on fancy cars - I never have. I'm not a car man and, in fact, don't even drive. Although I own a vehicle - it only cost £3,000, and I can't...
Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.
The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God.
Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate consciousness of God. We must avoid thinking of evil as a thing in itself - a force that works against man or, against God, if you...
It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.
