“It is natural to admire and revere really great men. They hallow the nation to which they belong, and lift up not only all who live in their time, but those who live after them. Their great example becomes the common heritage of their race; and their great deeds and great thoughts are the most glorious legacies of mankind.” MenNationsNaturalCommonRaceMankindExampleDeedsAdmireLegacyLiftsGloriousGreat MenHeritageReally Great Book:Character Source: Character
“These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go that the chief end of human effort in a sublunary view should be usefulness to mankind, and that all true fame which should be perpetuated by public pictures, statues, and monuments, is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.” ShouldHumansEndsCharacterViewsEffortEducationPrinciplesTeachGenerationsLandMankindYouthIntegrityFameSucceedAchievementDeedsNobleChiefsHallsEstablishmentCeremonyStatuesMonumentComes And GoesUsefulnessUprightnessNoble Deeds Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“My hour at last has come; Yet not ingloriously or passively I die, but first will do some valiant deed, Of which mankind shall hear in after time.” FirstsLastsDiesHoursMankindDeedsValiant Book:The Iliad of Homer Source: The Iliad of Homer
“Protestantism came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year, in human life. Non-conformity almostfinished the deed.... Mankind has got to get back to the rhythm of the cosmos, and the permanence of marriage.” YearsHumansReligiousMarriageMankindBlowDeedsRhythmHuman LifeCosmosGet BackConformityPermanenceNon ConformityProtestantism Book:Lady Chatterley's Lover Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover
“When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world.” WorldPersonsWishJusticeLibertyMankindGoodnessStriveDeedsOwnersReignGood DeedsKind Deeds Author:Islom Karimov
“John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. In the most ordinary of deeds.” NeedsCountryPeaceMankindHeroProveOrdinaryEverydayDeedsHonourWarfareEveryday LifeBloodshedValourJohn Smith Author:Paul Cornell