“You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave - now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks - tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.” MenWayYearsWholeMomentsHoursResultsViewsPathRocksFieldsHe ManJudgingVictoryDifficultyGravesPassingPassingsPleasantClimbingTestedTemptedCradleCrossingsTriumphantPassing ThroughRugged Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
“These European White Men, then, with civilization in their blood and in their destiny, crossed the Atlantic and set up a new civilization on a bleak and rock bound coast. It was the White Men who drove north to Alaska and west to California; the men who opened up the tropics and subdued the Arctics; the men who mastered the African Veldts; the men who peopled Australia and seized the gates of the world at Suez, Gibraltar and Panama.” MenWorldWhiteDestinyBloodRocksHe ManCivilizationWestBoundsCaliforniaAustraliaGatesCoastWhite ManAlaskaBleakTropicsPanama Author:Ben Klassen
“What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent, or ever did exist... Thomas comes down in history as the Rock of Chickamauga, the great defensive fighter, the man who could never be driven away but who was not much on the offensive. That may be a correct appraisal, Yet it may also be worth making note that just twice in all the war was a major Confederate army driven away from a prepared position in complete rout - at Chattanooga and at Nashville. Each time the blow that routed it was launched by Thomas.” MenMayWarMomentsHistoryRocksPositionHe ManMajorsArmyCrisisNotesPreparedSoldierBlowDrivenFighterCivil WarContinentsOffensiveAmerican Civil WarNashvilleConfederateDependableAppraisal Author:Bruce Catton
“A great character, founded on the living rock of principle is, in fact, not a solitary phenomenon, to be at once perceived, limited, and described. It is a dispensation of Providence, designed to have not merely an immediate, but a continuous, progressive, and never-ending agency. It survives the man who possessed it; survives his age,--and perhaps, his country, his language.” MenCountryCharacterFactsAgeLanguagePrinciplesRocksHe ManAgencyPhenomenonProgressivePossessedSolitaryProvidenceNever EndingGreat Character Book:Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions Source: Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions
“Look at nature with science as a lens. The rock swarms, the clod dances; the mineral is but the vegetable stepping down, and the animal an ascending plant; the man, a beast extended; and the angel, a developed human soul.” MenHumansLooksSoulNatureAnimalRocksHe ManAngelDown AndPlantBeastVegetablesLensesHuman SoulMineralsSwarmsAscending Author:C. A. Bartol
“Many of the women who I've taught to climb have a better sense of balance than the men. I think it has to do with being a little more sensitive to it rather than relying on strenght. It's also a reflection of a passive attitude - balancing your way up the rock, rather than attacking it.” ThinkingMenWayLittlesAttitudeRocksTaughtHe ManBalanceReflectionSensitiveClimbsPassiveAttackingStrenght Author:Lynn Hill
“Maybe people would be surprised to know that I listen to old Neil Diamond albums from time to time. The man rocks. I defy anyone to prove me wrong.” PeopleKnowsMenWould BeRocksHe ManProveAlbumsDiamondProve Me Wrong Author:Mark Hoppus