Quotes on Men

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.

A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!

We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God

The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one

Men go forth to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the ocean, the course of the stars-and forget to wonder at themselves. Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man's or a woman's shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being's day, week, or life.

The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.

I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.

In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.

When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.

Everything is a trifle to a man who is a Christian except the glorifying of Christ

Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death.

No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty. A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for worship outside of them.

Works? Works? A man get to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!