A Quotes
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“A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.”
“A man should dress in a way that you don't notice. He looks good and you don't know why. But it's the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.”
“A man should eat slowly, properly, even if he eats alone.”
“A man should ever, as much as in him lieth, be ready booted to take his journey, and above all things look he have then nothing to do but with himself.”
“A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.”
“A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.”
“A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning the main aim of his life.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)
“A man should have the fine point of his soul taken off to become fit for this world.”
“A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons.”
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
“A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind.”
“A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude.”
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
“A man should keep on being constructive, and do constructive things. He should take part in the things that go on in this wonderful world. He should be someone to be reckoned with. He should live life and make every day count, to the very end. Sometimes it’s tough. But that’s what I’m going to do.”
“A man should know about himself two or three things: whether he is a coward; whether he is an honest man or given to lies; whether he is an ambitious man. One should define oneself first of all in those terms, and only then in terms of culture, race, creed.”
“A man should know his Maker.”
“A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad.”
“A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”
“A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.”
Source: Change of Heart: A Novel
“A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.”
“A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care, and then forgotten all about them.”
“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
“A man should make all he can, and give all he
can.”
“A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.”
Source: The Practice of Management
“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“A man should never be judged by his skill, talent, colour, financial or political status, facial beauty and level of education but by the quality of his character.”
“A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.”
Source: Desultory Thoughts and Reflections
“A man should never give promises in bed.”
Source: Knife of Dreams: Book Eleven of 'The Wheel of Time'
“A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.”
Source: The Treasured One
“A man should never neglect his family for business.”
“A man should never stand at an open door; you either go inside or you just stay outside.”
Source: Lost Seeking Dreams
“A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.”
“A man should not be judged by his fame, power, or money, but rather by how much love he gives to others.”
“A man should not be judged by the nature of his duties, but by the manner in which he does them.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda - Eight-Volume Set
“A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence”
Source: The Great Pearl of Wisdom
“A man should not glory in what he already knows but in what he has yet to learn.”
Source: Virgin and the Crab: Sketches, Fables and Mysteries from the early life of John Dee and Elizabeth Tudor
“A man should not love the moon. An ax should not lose weight in his hand. His garden should smell of rotting apples, And grow a fair amount of nettles.”
“A man should not play the coward to his deeds. He should not repudiate them once he has performed them. Pangs of conscience are indecent.”
Source: Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo
“A man should not risk his life for beauty alone, Kiall, for that fades. You might as well risk it for a rose. Think on it.”
Source: Quest For Lost Heroes
“A man should not so much respect what he eats, as with whom he eats.”
“A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into accord with them: they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.”
“A man should orient his will and all his works to God and having only God in view go forward unafraid, not thinking, am I right or am I wrong? One who worked out all the chances before starting his first fight would never fight at all. And if, going to someplace, we must think how to set the front foot down, we shall never get there. It is our duty to do the next thing: go straight on, that is the right way.”
“A man should pay tribute to your body," he said softly... "For you are beautiful, and that is your right.”
Source: Voyager
“A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.”
“A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith, he should produce inconclusive reasons and offer occasion for unbelievers to scoff at a faith based on such ground.”
Source: Philosophical Texts
“A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.”
“A man should seek mercy only from his Maker.”
“A man should so carry on his daily affairs as to bring no word of admonition from anybody; for a man’s doings should put a stain upon no soul but his own.”
Source: Gadsby
“A man should speak only if his words carry more value than silence.”
“A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind.”
Source: Virginibus Puerisque