--- title: "10 Given Mankind Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Given Mankind quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Given Mankind sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/sunday-adelaja-35_conversion_time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-h_2291823.jpg" --- > [“Time is the greatest resource that God has given to mankind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-has-given-to-mankind/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/sunday-adelaja-35_conversion_time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-h_2291823.jpg) > [The fates have given mankind a patient soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-soul/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/homer-357_destiny_the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-s_3209594.png) > [Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. But man's grandeur lies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/nothing-is-given-to-mankind-and-what-little-men-can-conquer-must-be/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/albert-camus-47_conditions_nothing-is-given-to-mankind-and-what-lit_857785.jpg) > [God hath given to mankind a common library, His creatures; to every man a proper book, himself being an abridgment of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-quarles/god-hath-given-to-mankind-a-common-library-his-creatures-to-every-man/) [Francis Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-quarles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/francis-quarles-1740_book_god-hath-given-to-mankind-a-common-libra_1556037.jpg) > [“Science had given mankind many gifts, and she valued it. But the one important thing it had taken away was the value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-a-corey/science-had-given-mankind-many-gifts-and-she-valued-it-but-the-one/) [James S.A. Corey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-a-corey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/james-s-a-corey-861_concepts_science-had-given-mankind-many-gifts-and_715775.jpg) > [The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-monroe/the-earth-was-given-to-mankind-to-support-the-greatest-number-of/) [James Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/james-monroe-11373_capable_the-earth-was-given-to-mankind-to-suppor_2112046.jpg) > [Divine symbols which have been given to mankind from time to time speak to that forum of truth which is within our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-heindel/divine-symbols-which-have-been-given-to-mankind-from-time-to-time/) [Max Heindel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-heindel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/max-heindel-9366_consciousness_divine-symbols-which-have-been-given-to_1332765.jpg) > [In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyd-orr/in-the-last-fifty-years-science-has-advanced-more-than-in-the-2-000/) [John Boyd Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyd-orr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/john-boyd-orr-21695_fifty_in-the-last-fifty-years-science-has-adva_595897.jpg) > [To modify the conditions of the Earth's movement is beyond the powers of man. It is not given to mankind to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/to-modify-the-conditions-of-the-earth-s-movement-is-beyond-the-powers/) [Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/jules-verne-795_change_to-modify-the-conditions-of-the-earth-s_1183357.jpg) > [“The multitude of men and women choose the less adventurous way of the comparatively unconscious civic and tribal routines. But these seekers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/the-multitude-of-men-and-women-choose-the-less-adventurous-way-of-the/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/joseph-campbell-300_labyrinth_the-multitude-of-men-and-women-choose-th_1943744.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given-mankind/#itemlist", "name": "Given Mankind Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Time is the greatest resource that God has given to mankind”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sunday Adelaja" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-has-given-to-mankind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/sunday-adelaja-35_conversion_time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-h_2291823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/sunday-adelaja-35_conversion_time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-h_2291823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/sunday-adelaja-35_conversion_time-is-the-greatest-resource-that-god-h_2291823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time is the greatest resource that God has given to mankind” — Sunday Adelaja", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fates have given mankind a patient soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Homer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/homer-357_destiny_the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-s_3209594.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/homer-357_destiny_the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-s_3209594.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/homer-357_destiny_the-fates-have-given-mankind-a-patient-s_3209594.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fates have given mankind a patient soul.” — Homer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. 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