--- title: "25 Man Rule Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 25 Man Rule quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Man Rule sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/lee-child-980_leave_no-i-m-a-man-with-a-rule-people-leave-me_2697626.jpg" --- > [No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/no-i-m-a-man-with-a-rule-people-leave-me-alone-i-leave-them-alone-if/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/lee-child-980_leave_no-i-m-a-man-with-a-rule-people-leave-me_2697626.jpg) > [Man who man would be, must rule the empire of himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/man-who-man-would-be-must-rule-the-empire-of-himself/) [Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_empire_man-who-man-would-be-must-rule-the-empir_524803.jpg) > [Man should rule with computers, not vice versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-j-v-compagno/man-should-rule-with-computers-not-vice-versa/) [Leonard J. V. Compagno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-j-v-compagno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/leonard-j-v-compagno-79962_computer_man-should-rule-with-computers-not-vice_1655217.jpg) > [If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-the-lion-knew-his-own-strength-hard-were-it-for-any-man-to-rule-him/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/anonymous-1_lion_if-the-lion-knew-his-own-strength-hard-w_2711316.jpg) > [Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-elder/unhappy-is-the-man-though-he-rule-the-world-who-doesn-t-consider/) [Seneca the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/seneca-the-elder-15979_blessed_unhappy-is-the-man-though-he-rule-the-wo_515217.png) > [No man can rule the unruly until he first rules himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-foreman-lewis/no-man-can-rule-the-unruly-until-he-first-rules-himself/) [Elizabeth Foreman Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-foreman-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/elizabeth-foreman-lewis-64929_firsts_no-man-can-rule-the-unruly-until-he-firs_890382.jpg) > [“He was warm, soft, electric, and smelled of power and domination. A man who’d rule you mind, body, and soul. And that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-culbreth/he-was-warm-soft-electric-and-smelled-of-power-and-domination-a-man/) [Jennifer Culbreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-culbreth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/jennifer-culbreth-68105_mind-body_he-was-warm-soft-electric-and-smelled-of_2228708.jpg) > [An invisible man can rule the world. Nobody will see him come, nobody will see him go. He can hear every secret,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sherriff/an-invisible-man-can-rule-the-world-nobody-will-see-him-come-nobody/) [R. C. Sherriff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sherriff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/r-c-sherriff-84467_invisible_an-invisible-man-can-rule-the-world-nobo_941112.jpg) > [“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/what-is-governing-to-a-man-that-can-rule-himself-if-he-cannot-rule/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/confucius-164_election_what-is-governing-to-a-man-that-can-rule_3028012.jpg) > [“Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/although-the-two-are-identical-twins-man-as-a-rule-views-the-prenatal/) [Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/vladimir-nabokov-198_twins_although-the-two-are-identical-twins-man_2752360.jpg) > [“That place I'm talking about ain't nothing but a bloody slit in this world of His. But everybody wants to rule over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-odell/that-place-i-m-talking-about-ain-t-nothing-but-a-bloody-slit-in-this/) [Jonathan Odell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-odell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/jonathan-odell-33736_feminism_that-place-i-m-talking-about-ain-t-nothi_1331446.jpg) > [By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/by-accident-of-fortune-a-man-may-rule-the-world-for-a-time-but-by/) [Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/lao-tzu-624_fortune_by-accident-of-fortune-a-man-may-rule-th_690021.jpg) > [There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/there-are-a-lot-of-benefits-representative-of-government-and-it-is/) [James Bovard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bovard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/james-bovard-9090_any_there-are-a-lot-of-benefits-representati_1213753.png) > [Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-parker/justice-is-the-idea-of-god-the-ideal-of-man-the-rule-of-conduct-writ/) [Theodore Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/theodore-parker-4457_ideals_justice-is-the-idea-of-god-the-ideal-of_2270509.jpg) > [“Look, I know you’re a guy—” “Damn straight.” “And there’s some man rule that you’ve got to be all macho—” “Rule number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindi-madsen/look-i-know-you-re-a-guy-damn-straight-and-there-s-some-man-rule-that/) [Cindi Madsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindi-madsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/cindi-madsen-11347_contemporary-romance_look-i-know-you-re-a-guy-damn-straight-a_377316.jpg) > [Ah, when shall all men's good Be each man's rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-lord-tennyson/ah-when-shall-all-men-s-good-be-each-man-s-rule-and-universal-peace/) [Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-lord-tennyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/alfred-lord-tennyson-521_beam_ah-when-shall-all-men-s-good-be-each-man_329183.png) > [...What are numbers knit By force or custom? Man who man would be, Must rule the empire of himself; in it Must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/what-are-numbers-knit-by-force-or-custom-man-who-man-would-be-must/) [Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_anarchy_what-are-numbers-knit-by-force-or-custom_1029022.jpg) > [But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/but-if-you-know-that-you-are-a-man-too-and-that-even-such-are-those/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/herodotus-2844_affair_but-if-you-know-that-you-are-a-man-too-a_2621574.jpg) > [“Not one little fellow need fear that he will be forbidden to pluck his shining grape from the cluster of political Power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-de-vigny/not-one-little-fellow-need-fear-that-he-will-be-forbidden-to-pluck/) [Alfred de Vigny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-de-vigny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/alfred-de-vigny-12602_fear_not-one-little-fellow-need-fear-that-he_1295623.jpg) > [“I teach my sons that there are really only three rules to being a good man. The first rule is to fish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spuds-crawford/i-teach-my-sons-that-there-are-really-only-three-rules-to-being-a/) [Spuds Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spuds-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/spuds-crawford-41538_fish_i-teach-my-sons-that-there-are-really-on_3104305.jpg) > [“A man may rule his household, And a King govern his land, But Death walks in the thrall of Cephrael’s Hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-mcphail/a-man-may-rule-his-household-and-a-king-govern-his-land-but-death/) [Melissa McPhail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-mcphail/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/melissa-mcphail-24845_death_a-man-may-rule-his-household-and-a-king_1613489.jpg) > [As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/as-the-king-governs-by-his-executive-so-reason-in-man-must-rule-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/c-s-lewis-2-132_appetite_as-the-king-governs-by-his-executive-so_626257.png) > [By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/by-the-accident-of-fortune-a-man-may-rule-the-world-for-a-time-but-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/anonymous-1_accidents_by-the-accident-of-fortune-a-man-may-rul_1451872.jpg) > [Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his shoes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/many-a-man-that-could-rule-a-hundherd-millyon-sthrangers-with-an-ir-n/) [Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/finley-peter-dunne-8007_careful_many-a-man-that-could-rule-a-hundherd-mi_1975417.jpg) > [ “\[N\]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/n-ow-we-have-a-clearer-idea-what-this-story-is-all-about-the-world/) [Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/daniel-quinn-1786_civilization_n-ow-we-have-a-clearer-idea-what-this-st_60790.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-rule/#itemlist", "name": "Man Rule Quotes", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No, I'm a man with a rule. 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