top of page
"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."
Standard
Customized
More

"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
Author Name
Personal Development

"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
Author Name
Personal Development

"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."
Author Name
Personal Development

"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
Author Name
Personal Development

"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
Author Name
Personal Development

"A man may build a complicated piece of mechanism, or pilot a steamboat, but not more than five out of ten know how the apple got into the dumpling."
Author Name
Personal Development

"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."
Author Name
Personal Development

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
Author Name
Personal Development

"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
Author Name
Personal Development

"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
Author Name
Personal Development
More

"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."
Happiness

"To me - old age is always ten years older than I am."
Age

"Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral."
Nature

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."
Failure

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."
Friendship

"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."
Man

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."
Action

"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying."
Failure

"Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that."
Truth

"Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years."
Science
bottom of page