N Quotes
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“No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.”
Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition
“No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.”
Source: John Calvin: Selections from His Writings
“No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.”
“No man is exempted from the subtle deception of doctrinal drift – the man of God expects this temptation.”
“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”
Source: No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse, Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ ...
“no man is free until he s a master of himself!!”
“No man is free who cannot control himself.”
“No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.”
“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion
“No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?”
“No man is good enough from whom we don’t learn anything negative and no man is bad enough from whom we don’t learn anything positive!”
“No man is good enough to be another's master.”
Source: V&A Introduces: William Morris
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
“No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.”
“No man is great if he thinks he is.”
Source: The Will Rogers book
“No man is greater than his prayer life.”
Source: Why Revival Tarries
“No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off.”
“No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.”
“No man is greater than his respect for sleep.”
“No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms collected from the manuscript papers of the reverend and learned Doctor Whichcote; and published in 1703, by Dr. Jeffery. Now re-published, with very large additions, ... by Samuel Salter, ... To which are added, Eight letter
“No man is happier than he who loves and fulfills that particular work for the world which falls to his share. Even though the full understanding of his work, and of its ultimate value, may not be present with him; if he but love it--always assuming that his conscience approves--it brings an abounding satisfaction.”
Source: Life, Its Nature, Varieties&phenomena. 4th Ed
“No man is happy but by comparison.”
Source: The Virtuoso
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”
“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”
“No man is happy without a goal, and no man can be happy without faith in his own ability to reach that goal.”
“No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.”
“No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.”
Source: Above Life's Turmoil (Annotated with Biography about James Allen)
“No man is honored at his funeral with praises of how much stuff he had. No one remembers the man who keeps to himself. The men who are remembered are the great sharers, the charitable souls, and the people who improved the lives of others.”
“No man is hurt but by himself.”
“No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.”
“No man is in love when he marries. He may have loved before; I have even heard he has sometimes loved after: but at the time never. There is something in the formalities of the matrimonial preparations that drive away all the little cupidons.”
“No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which he will not circumvent, which will finally do him in.”
Source: The VALIS Trilogy
“No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.”
Source: With Love and Irony
“No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible”
“No man is invincible, and therefore no man can fully understand that which would make him invincible. Even with complete and thorough study there is always the possibility of being defeated and although one may be expert in a particular form, mastery is something a man never stops seeking to attain.”
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.”
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
“No man is liberated from fear who dare not see his place in the world as it is; no man can achieve the greatness of which he is capable until he has allowed himself to see his own littleness.”
Source: Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22
“No man is lonely while eating spaghetti:
it requires so much attention.”
“No man is lost while he yet lives.”
“No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.”
Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot
“No man is more important than The Team. No coach is more important than The Team. The Team, The Team, The Team, and if we think that way, all of us, everything that you do, you take into consideration what effect does it have on my Team?”
“No man is more than another unless he does more than another.”
Source: Don Quixote
“No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.”
“No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.”
“No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself. While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excites our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear is to fill a vacant hour with prattle, and be forgotten.”
“No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a parade with their family pictures and pedigrees, are, properly speaking, rather to be called noted or notorious than noble persons. I thought it right to say this much, in order to repel the insolence of men who depend entirely upon chance and accidental circumstances for distinction, and not at all on public services and personal merit.”
“No man is normal without a tinge of madness in him! Madness in a person is a sign of intelligence, whoever they are. A majority lacks it, they are called the conditioned society! Follow your heart and abandon your inherited beliefs!”
“No man is obliged to be what he might have been.”