Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened. – Gerald W. Johnson
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. – Henry David Thoreau
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. – Henry David Thoreau
O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do! – William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1.
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders. – Herbert Hoover
Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children. – Ho Chi Minh
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements. – George W. S. Trow
The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest. – Hesiod
I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark’s sense of smell is so keen that, if men ever bathe in seas where they are found, a shark is almost sure to appear directly afterwards. – George Grey
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. – Henry Ford
As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did. – Gordon Sinclair
Men and women are equally intelligent, but separate factors, such as the abilities to focus, be collaborative and take other people’s views into account, allow you to be successful. – Hanna Rosin
I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me. – Hedy Lamarr
Men’s fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality. – Hedi Slimane
If it’s a man’s world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest. – Henry Rollins
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men. – George Pierce Baker
Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That’s what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too. – Hedi Slimane
Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty. – Gerald F. Lieberman
Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. – Herodotus
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. – Havelock Ellis
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own. – Herodotus
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use. – Gamaliel Bailey
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. – Georges Bernanos
Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe. – Herbert Hoover
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism. – Helena Blavatsky
The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves – although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was. – Helen Dunmore
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade. – Henry Lawson