Man
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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.
All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
