A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.
Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.
Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free.
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.