The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

What’s with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man’s laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we’re going forward to tomorrow or whether we’re going to go past to the – to the back!

A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

To become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

Men and women do think differently, and frankly, we don’t understand each other. Not at all! But that’s what makes relationships so amazing.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

People who don’t know the true character of God – who don’t believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger – can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

This is not a showman’s job. I will not step out of character.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

Study men, not historians.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Men’s ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

If a man’s character is to be abused there’s nobody like a relative to do the business.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place.

I’m not denyin‘ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ‚em to match the men.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

Every season is a new challenge to me, and I always set out to improve in terms of games, goals, assists.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.