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Man Quotes
"A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can."
107
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
101
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."
97
"A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour."
Man,
71
"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."
60
"I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions."
58
"There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming."
54
"The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad."
54
"Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess."
54
"A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man."
Man,
52
"I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses."
Man,
51
"Wise men argue causes; fools decide them."
51
"Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die."
50
"Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men."
49
"More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material."
48
"I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle."
47
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."
46
"The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20."
Man,
45
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."
44
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