God must love the common man, he made so many of them.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
—Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) German Man of Letters, Critic
Activity and sadness are incompatible.
—Unknown
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.
—Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) German Statesman
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
—Italian Proverb
It doesn’t do any good to sit up and take notice if you keep on sitting.
—Unknown
Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forged Iron, The Human Form a Fiery Forge, The Human Face a Furnace seal d, The Human Heart its hungry gorge.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
What you are will show in what you do.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
Man is by nature a political animal.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Logic will not change an emotion, but action will.
—Indian Proverb
Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Row out to meet it.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940–2021) American Author of “Life’s Little Instruction Book”
Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.
—Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) Prussian German Philosopher, Logician
Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
To talk goodness is not good… only to do it is.
—Chinese Proverb
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.
—Alan Watts (1915–73) British-American Philosopher, Author
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.
—John Steinbeck (1902–68) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it—and some of your spouse’s family does too.
—Unknown
Some people grin and bear it; others smile and do it.
—Unknown
People can be divided into three classes, the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no idea what has happened.
—Indian Proverb
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
—Robert A. Heinlein (1907–88) American Science Fiction Writer
Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
People sitting on top of the world, usually arrived there standing up.
—Unknown
The only way to start is to start.
—Anonymous
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
The greatest step is out the door.
—German Proverb
No rules for success will work if you don’t.
—Unknown
If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.
—Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French Sociologist, Philosopher
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