Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
I believe that the future of humanity is in the progress of reason through science. I believe that the pursuit of truth, through science, is the divine ideal which man should propose to himself.
Get this, kids - how a man proposes isn't what makes him romantic. It's how a man purposes to lay down his life that makes him romantic.
Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.
Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man!
I derive no pleasure from prosecuting a man, even though I know he's guilty; do you think I could sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I hounded an innocent man?
Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.
There's a saying in my business that there are two kinds of coaches - those who have been fired and those who haven't been fired yet. That's kind of like prostate cancer. Every man will have it if he lives long enough.
A man without a vote is man without protection.
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
To be weak, and to know it, is something of a punishment for a proud man.
