“People, I realized, were what I valued and I saw no point in being the richest man in the cemetery.”
--Peter F. Drucker
Showing posts with label Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Man. Show all posts
No Credit
“There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”
--Ronald Reagan
--Ronald Reagan
Man Must Evolve
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
Triump Over Fear
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
--Nelson Mandela
--Nelson Mandela
Seize the Moment
“The right man is the one who seizes the moment.”
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Walks Alone
“The man who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.”
--Francis Phillip Wernig
--Francis Phillip Wernig
Moral Decay
“Decay is when we no longer live in a world where a man is as good as his word, but instead one where you are as good as the lie you can get away with.”
--Jeffrey Fry
--Jeffrey Fry
Play a Clown
“A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.”
--Malcolm X
--Malcolm X
Right as a Man
“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”
--Thomas Paine
--Thomas Paine
Downfall of Man
“The downfall of man will not come because of the strength of our enemies, but because we forget why we stand our ground against impossible odds and lose sight on how vital the bonds of brotherhood are.”
--J.R.R. Tolkien
--J.R.R. Tolkien
Cannot Endure Littleness
“Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level.”
--Earnest Becker
--Earnest Becker
Diligent in Work
“Seest thou a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
--King Solomon
--King Solomon
Absolute Lord
“Man is absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to nobody.”
--John Locke
--John Locke
Loyal Relastionships
“In relationships, a woman’s loyalty is tested when her man has nothing whereas a man’s loyalty is tested when he has everything.”
--Unknown
--Unknown
Ill Tempered Man
“An ill tempered, unhappy man ridicules all he hears, makes fun of others, refusing always to see the faults in himself.”
--Viking Proverb
--Viking Proverb
Can or Can Not
“The man who says he can, and the man who says he can not, are both correct.”
--Confucius
--Confucius
Tolerate Truth
“You can tell the strength of a man’s character by how much truth he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified.”
--Friedrich Nietzsche
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing to Add
“What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?”
--Adam Smith
--Adam Smith
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