A Quotes
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“A man with all the money in the world but a house filled with animosity, is far worse off than a man with a bare cupboard but a house filled with love.”
“A man with an experience of God is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.”
Source: Why Revival Tarries
“A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.”
Source: Sammlung
“A man with an obsession is a man who has very little sales resistance.”
Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
“A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, ofcourse, a sight to behold, but a man with honor - ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which young ladies should flock.”
“A man with clarity reaches his goal sooner than the man with confidence.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A man with convictions finds an answer for everything. Convictions are the best form of protection against the living truth.”
Source: Sketchbook 1946-1949
“A man with courage has every blessing.”
Source: Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
“A man with debt soon becomes a man with disturbance.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A man with deep far-sightedness will survey both the beginning and the end of a situation and continually consider its every facet as important.”
“A man with dignity would never seek shelter behind women.”
“A man with few friends is only half-developed; there are whole sides of his nature which are locked up and have never been expressed. He cannot unlock them himself, he cannot even discover them; friends alone can stimulate him and open him.”
Source: The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918
“A man with God is always in the majority.”
“A man with Godse's heart can never achieve Gandhi's dream—he can only leave scars, not freedom.”
“A man with good reputation among friends, not necessarily have the same reputation within family.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which for want of sight is of no use to him.”
Source: The spectator
“A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy.”
Source: All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today
“A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.”
Source: Instructions for His Generals
“A man with integrity, with vision, with a sense of purpose and place in the world as exactly himself. That's the kind of man I'll settle for.”
“A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.”
“A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.”
“A man with no character flaws is a man who recently died and is being eulogized at his own funeral by someone surprised that he left his entire estate to them. One day that man will be me, and I'll be leaving all my ducks to you.”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“A man with no enemies is a man with no character.”
“A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.”
“A man with no imaginations has no wings.”
“A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.”
Source: William James: Essays and Lectures
“A man with nothing to die for has even less for which to live.”
“A man with nothing to lend should refrain from borrowing.”
Source: On Solitude
“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
Source: Tao Te Ching
“A man with self confidence has natural smile on his face, sense in his mind and strength in his hands.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A man with so large a brain must have something in it.”
Source: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“A man with strongly, in fact exclusively, religious interests, showed markedly this characteristic of helping people without really feeling for them. He said: 'I've no real emotional relations with people. I can't reciprocate tenderness. I can cry and suffer with people. I can help people, but when they stop suffering I'm finished. I can't enter into folks' joys and laughter. I can do things for people but shrink from them if they start thanking me.' His suffering with people was in fact his identifying himself as a suffering person with anyone else who suffered. Apart from that he allowed no emotional relationship to arise.”
Source: Schizoid Phenomena, Object Relations and the Self
“A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.”
Source: Legend
“A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver.”
Source: Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
“A man with worry is a man without wisdom.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if indeed such a man exists.”
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
“A man without a dream is a man without a soul”
Source: Gypsy Freak
“A man without a filter, is chaos walking”
“A man without a goal, is a man without backbone.”
“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”
“A man without a good heart is like a roaring fire in a dry field.he damages wherever he sets foot and moves on.”
“A man without a heart is like a bean without a fart.
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Source: We're Off
“A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“A man without a home can't be lost.”
“A man without a horse is like a man without a weapon: stunted and naked.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.”
“A man without a nation is like a bird without a nest.”
“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.”
“A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.”
Source: Under the Dome: Part 1: A Novel
“A man without a sweet tooth is not to be trusted.”
Source: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride