Man
(page 13)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you're reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let's keep on.
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.