“We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion.” MenWayWellsLanguageNumbersAttentionGreaterWiseFashionHe ManOughtDrawsDressesEvery ManMannersBehaveShockAffectedExcessConformHaste Author:Moliere
“The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.” MenFirstsReasonActionFightingHe ManBattleShapesDrawsStriveVicesLustConquerPreparationJudgement Author:Thomas a Kempis
“Now that we are recognizing more fully the value of the individual, now that management is defining more exactly the function of each, many are coming to regard the leader as the man who can energize his group, who knows how to encourage initiative, how to draw from all what each has to give.” KnowsMenGivingValuesIndividualLeadershipLeaderKnow HowGroupsHe ManDrawsFunctionRegardManagementInitiativeRecognizingDefining Author:Mary Parker Follett
“It is a great mistake for presidents and other leading executives of organizations having branches throughout the country to chain themselves to their desks at headquarters and send out rigid instructions to those in charge of distant branches and offices. Because a man sits in a palatial office in New York or Chicago or Philadelphia or Detroit and draws a big salary, it does not necessarily follow that he knows better than the man on the spot what ought to be done.... Paul, Caesar, Napoleon did not merely sit at home and issue long-range instructions.” KnowsMenLongDoeCountryDoneHomeBigsPresidentMistakeIssuesNew YorkHe ManOughtOfficeDrawsOrganizationSpotsChainsRangeBranchesExecutivesChicagoInstructionDesksSalaryDetroitPhiladelphiaGreat MistakesHeadquarters Author:B. C. Forbes
“Thousands of engineers can design bridges, calculate strains and stresses, and draw up specifications for machines, but the great engineer is the man who can tell whether the bridge or the machine should be built at all, where it should be built, and when.” MenShouldDesignHe ManDrawsBuiltMachinesStressPlanningBridgesEngineersStrainSpecifications Author:Eugene Grace
“Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a level that the crimes against men tend to draw a different visceral reaction. Again, not saying it's right, but they tend to draw a different visceral reaction, which is that the man was out in the world doing men stuff and something happened to him.” MenWorldFeelsDifferentStoriesStuffInterestLevelsHappenedCrimeDangerHe ManTypeDrawsReactionsVisceralDoing Me Author:Bill James
“The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.” MenDeathPeaceNatureHoursWalksEffortPathHonestHonestyHe ManDrawsAimLife And DeathVigorous Book:Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and the Last Day, a Poem Source: Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and the Last Day, a Poem
“The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help, should first pour out his soul in gratitude for health, for friends, for loved ones, for the gospel, for the manifestations of God's existence. He should first count his many blessings and name them one by one.” MenShouldFirstsSoulHelpingYoungNamesBehindsExistenceSilenceDoorsHe ManGratitudeBlessingDrawsManifestationYoung ManLoved OnesCurtainsGratitude For HealthMany Blessings Author:David O. McKay