Man Quotes

Basic to our democratic civilization are the principles and convictions that have bound us together as a nation. Among these are personal liberty, human rights, and the dignity of man. All these have their roots in a deeply held religious faith -- in a belief in God.

A son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy.

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption.

A picture or representation of human figures, ought to be done in such a way as that the spectator may easily recognise, by means of their attitudes, the purpose in their minds. Thus, if you have to represent a man of noble character in the act of speaking, let his gestures be such as naturally accompany good words; and, in the same way, if you wish to depict a man of a brutal nature, give him fierce movements; as with his arms flung out towards the listener, and his head and breast thrust forward beyond his feet, as if following the speaker's hands.

Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man.

There is no result in nature without a cause; understand the cause and you will have no need of the experiment.

To compare the bone structure of the horse with that of the man you should show the man on tiptoe in representing the legs.

A true man hates no one.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity.