A Quotes
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“A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.”
“A man who is not accountable to anyone is a danger to himself”
“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.”
Source: You are the World: Authentic Report of Talks and Discussions in American Universities
“A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he shouldn't.”
Source: John Synge comes next
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality, and he trusts he can plunge those people into those incidents with interesting results. So he goes to work. To write a novel? No--that is a thought which comes later; in the beginning he is only proposing to tell a little tale, a very little tale, a six-page tale. But as it is a tale which he is not acquainted with, and can only find out what it is by listening as it goes along telling itself, it is more than apt to go on and on and on till it spreads itself into a book. I know about this, because it has happened to me so many times.”
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a novel. I know this from experience. He has no clear idea of his story; in fact he has no story. He merely has some people in his mind, and an incident or two, also a locality, and he trusts he can plunge those people into those incidents with interesting results.”
Source: The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays
“A man who is not eager to help others has no chance to be a success.”
“A man who is not ready to risk is not worthy of getting promotion”
“A man who is not with a woman is a dead man.”
“A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.”
Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.”
Source: On Nature and the Environment
“A man who is right by your side through everything makes you happy. But he can leave your side to make dinner once in a while!”
“A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much.”
“A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they are on his nose all the time, but also were he not actually looking through them he would not be able to see what he is looking for!”
“A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
Source: Krishnamurti: Reflections on the Self
“A Man who is Shy and Modest, is An Amazing Character, but a Women who is Shy and Modest is Beyond Amazing.”
“A man who is stingy & self-centered while dating will be the same in marriage.”
“A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.”
“A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.”
Source: Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works
“A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.”
“A man who is thirsty stands before a fountain. "No," he says, "I will never touch a drop of moisture as long as I live. Cannot I get my thirst quenched in my own way?" We tell him, no; he must drink or die. He says, "I will never drink; but it is a hard thing that I must therefore die. It is a bigoted, cruel thing to tell me so." He is wrong. His thirst is the inevitable result of neglecting a law of nature. You, too, must believe or die; why refuse to obey the command? Drink, man, drink! Take Christ and live.”
Source: Around the Wicket Gate
“A man who is too afraid to admit his fears is a man who won’t overcome them.”
“A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he accepts slander as truth; he does not attempt to persuade men that he is calumniated, but he begs forgiveness.”
“A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents.”
Source: The Penguin Gandhi Reader
“A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.”
Source: The Portable Machiavelli
“A man who is very busy seldom changes his opinions.”
“A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.”
“A man who is willing to accept restriction and barriers and is not afraid of them is free. A man who does nothing but fight restrictions and barriers will usually be trapped.”
“A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.”
“A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one degree above that of a chattel slave. He may live; but he can live only as the servant of others; compelled to perform such labor, and to perform it at such prices, as they may see fit to dictate.”
“A man who is wrathful with us is a sick man; we must apply a plaster to his heart - love; we must treat him kindly, speak to him gently, lovingly. And if there is not deeply-rooted malice against us within him, but only a temporary fit of anger, you will see how his heart, or his malice, will melt away through your kindness and love - how good will conquer evil. A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.”
“A man who is yet to discover self will wait on someone, or government for a life he desires, such a character is at the lower ebb of life; for life is not contain in its abundance, but in adding to the abundance.”
“A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.”
Source: Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve
“A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventfulthen, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books, indeed, are records less Of fulness than of emptiness.”
Source: Poems
“A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificant by and by.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificiant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long enough to give it a fair and reasonable chance to do its work.”
Source: A Tramp Abroad
“A man who keeps his word? Now that’s my love language!”
“A man who keeps on going; a man who keeps his eye on the ball.”
“A man who kills cuts himself off in a sense from the human community. In the blink of an eye, he stops being an individual like the rest...Even real killers, professionals. Their manner is aggressive, sarcastic; it's because they need to show off, to make themselves believe they can still exist as men.”
Source: Maigret and the Killer
“A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.”
“A man who knows a subject thoroughly, a man so soaked in it that he eats it, sleeps it and dreams it- this man can always teach it with success, no matter how little he knows of technical pedagogy.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“A man who knows a thing, recognizes a given danger, and sees with his own eyes the possibility of a remedy, damned well has the duty and the obligation not to work 'silently', but to stand up openly against the evil and for its cure. If he does not do so then he is a faithless, miserable weakling who fails either from cowardice or from laziness and incompetence....Every last agitator who possesses the courage to defend his opinions with manly forth-rightness, standing on a tavern table among his adversaries, accomplishes more than a thousand of these lying, treacherous sneaks.”
“A man who knows a thing, who is aware of a given danger, and sees the possibility of a remedy with his own eyes, has the duty and obligation, by God, not to work 'silently,' but to stand up before the whole public against the evil and for its cure.”
Source: Mein Kampf
“A man who knows all goods and all truths, as many as can be known, but does not shun evils, knows nothing.”
“A man who knows God knows his destiny”
“A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool.”
“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick. If, when you see the symptoms, you can tell, Your cure is quick.
A sound man knows that sickness makes him sick and before he catches it his cure is quick.”
Source: The Chinese Translations
“A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick.”
“A man who knows how to make good bargains or finds his money increase in his coffers, thinks presently that he has a good deal of brains and is almost fit to be a statesman.”
“A man who knows how to mix pleasures with business is never entirely possessed by them; he either quits or resumes them at his will; and in the use he makes of them he rather finds a relaxation than a dangerous charm that might corrupt him.”