Men
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Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Men are like wine — some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives — the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.