--- title: "34 Thousand Men Quotes by 30 authors" description: "Browse 34 Thousand Men quotes by 30 authors. Discover the best Thousand Men sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/ursula-k-le-guin-138_door_but-it-doesn-t-take-a-thousand-men-to-op_3220914.jpg" --- > [But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord." "It might to keep it open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/but-it-doesn-t-take-a-thousand-men-to-open-a-door-my-lord-it-might-to/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/ursula-k-le-guin-138_door_but-it-doesn-t-take-a-thousand-men-to-op_3220914.jpg) > [I fear John Knox's prayers more than an army of ten thousand men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-queen-of-scots/i-fear-john-knox-s-prayers-more-than-an-army-of-ten-thousand-men/) [Mary, Queen of Scots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-queen-of-scots/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/mary-queen-of-scots-52344_army_i-fear-john-knox-s-prayers-more-than-an_2424630.jpg) > [You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/you-cannot-stop-me-i-spend-thirty-thousand-men-a-month/) [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/napoleon-bonaparte-206_men_you-cannot-stop-me-i-spend-thirty-thousa_1764337.jpg) > [Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euripides/ten-thousand-men-possess-ten-thousand-hopes/) [Euripides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euripides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/euripides-472_hopeful_ten-thousand-men-possess-ten-thousand-ho_829479.png) > [The Grand Old Duke of York He had ten thousand men. His case comes up next week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/the-grand-old-duke-of-york-he-had-ten-thousand-men-his-case-comes-up/) [Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0df/spike-milligan-3695_funny_the-grand-old-duke-of-york-he-had-ten-th_493002.jpg) > [Give me a thousand Tennesseans, and I'll whip any other thousand men on the globe!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-jackson/give-me-a-thousand-tennesseans-and-i-ll-whip-any-other-thousand-men/) [Andrew Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/andrew-jackson-2317_give-me_give-me-a-thousand-tennesseans-and-i-ll_2827630.png) > [A thousand men enslaved fear one beast free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/a-thousand-men-enslaved-fear-one-beast-free/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/victor-hugo-32_beast_a-thousand-men-enslaved-fear-one-beast-f_2615361.jpg) > [A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/a-man-s-a-man-but-when-you-see-a-king-you-see-the-work-of-many/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/george-eliot-84_king_a-man-s-a-man-but-when-you-see-a-king-yo_1023965.png) > [“Another said , "I don't ask six months, I don't ask two. In less than two weeks we'll meet the government face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/another-said-i-don-t-ask-six-months-i-don-t-ask-two-in-less-than-two/) [Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/victor-hugo-32_face-to-face_another-said-i-don-t-ask-six-months-i-do_344028.jpg) > [“In reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself...I see with a myriad of eyes,but it is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/in-reading-great-literature-i-become-a-thousand-men-and-yet-remain/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/c-s-lewis-121_books_in-reading-great-literature-i-become-a-t_1709341.jpg) > [Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/where-where-was-roderick-then-one-blast-upon-his-bugle-horn-were/) [Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/walter-scott-775_blast_where-where-was-roderick-then-one-blast_487756.png) > [“sometimes you’ve got to kill 4 or 5 thousand men before you somehow get to believe that the sparrow is immortal, money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/sometimes-you-ve-got-to-kill-4-or-5-thousand-men-before-you-somehow/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/charles-bukowski-73_money_sometimes-you-ve-got-to-kill-4-or-5-thou_1455115.jpg) > [Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/explain-to-me-why-it-is-more-noble-to-kill-ten-thousand-men-in-battle/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/anonymous-1_battle_explain-to-me-why-it-is-more-noble-to-ki_2956880.jpg) > [I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-of-wellington/i-used-to-say-of-him-that-his-presence-on-the-field-made-the/) [Duke of Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-of-wellington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/duke-of-wellington-11380_differences_i-used-to-say-of-him-that-his-presence-o_1303137.jpg) > [At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-maeterlinck/at-every-crossroad-on-the-way-that-leads-to-the-future-each/) [Maurice Maeterlinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-maeterlinck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/maurice-maeterlinck-3952_fear_at-every-crossroad-on-the-way-that-leads_1884461.jpg) > [A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/a-hundred-thousand-men-coming-one-after-another-cannot-move-a-ton/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/george-washington-257_cooperation_a-hundred-thousand-men-coming-one-after_2750605.jpg) > [A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-walter-foss/a-hundred-thousand-men-were-led-by-one-calf-near-three-centuries-dead/) [Sam Walter Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-walter-foss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/sam-walter-foss-28862_boston_a-hundred-thousand-men-were-led-by-one-c_1077163.jpg) > [Where is he who seeing a thousand men useless and unhappy, and making the whole region forlorn by their inaction, and conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/where-is-he-who-seeing-a-thousand-men-useless-and-unhappy-and-making/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_conscious_where-is-he-who-seeing-a-thousand-men-us_2140042.png) > [A bloody and complete victory has sometimes yielded no more than the possession of the field and the loss of ten thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/a-bloody-and-complete-victory-has-sometimes-yielded-no-more-than-the/) [Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/edward-gibbon-710_age_a-bloody-and-complete-victory-has-someti_755963.png) > [There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/algernon-sidney/there-may-be-a-hundred-thousand-men-in-an-army-who-are-all-equally/) [Algernon Sidney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/algernon-sidney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/algernon-sidney-20606_army_there-may-be-a-hundred-thousand-men-in-a_2991239.jpg) > [And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/and-where-is-the-prince-who-can-afford-to-so-cover-his-country-with/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/benjamin-franklin-65_air-power_and-where-is-the-prince-who-can-afford-t_1185255.png) > [“A commercial company enslaved a nation comprising two hundred millions. Tell this to a man free from superstition and he will fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/a-commercial-company-enslaved-a-nation-comprising-two-hundred/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/leo-tolstoy-55_business_a-commercial-company-enslaved-a-nation-c_2676892.png) > [It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-of-wellington/it-is-very-true-that-i-have-said-that-i-considered-napoleon-s/) [Duke of Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-of-wellington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/duke-of-wellington-11380_balance_it-is-very-true-that-i-have-said-that-i_2102824.jpg) > [“had in store for him. Death was dodged, shirked, and outwitted daily. And still, death found them. Ciro understood why they needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/had-in-store-for-him-death-was-dodged-shirked-and-outwitted-daily-and/) [Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/adriana-trigiani-1792_death_had-in-store-for-him-death-was-dodged-sh_2250828.jpg) > [“The country was so vast, of course, that one or a hundred or a thousand men could have very little effect. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-fisher/the-country-was-so-vast-of-course-that-one-or-a-hundred-or-a-thousand/) [Karen Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/karen-fisher-46060_western-expansion_the-country-was-so-vast-of-course-that-o_1255375.jpg) > [“There was never anything so gallant, so spruce, so brilliant, and so well disposed as the two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/there-was-never-anything-so-gallant-so-spruce-so-brilliant-and-so/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/voltaire-173_music_there-was-never-anything-so-gallant-so-s_2545687.jpg) > [“Ten thousand!" I shouted at the walls, back in the room with the wooden shutters, now open, so that anyone could hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-whalen-turner/ten-thousand-i-shouted-at-the-walls-back-in-the-room-with-the-wooden/) [Megan Whalen Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-whalen-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/megan-whalen-turner-1289_thousand-men_ten-thousand-i-shouted-at-the-walls-back_3115378.png) > [I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-of-wellington/i-used-to-say-of-napoleon-that-his-presence-on-the-field-made-the/) [Duke of Wellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-of-wellington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/duke-of-wellington-11380_field_i-used-to-say-of-napoleon-that-his-prese_3179637.jpg) > [The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-h-boetcker/the-individual-activity-of-one-man-with-backbone-will-do-more-than-a/) [William J. H. Boetcker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-h-boetcker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/william-j-h-boetcker-11534_activity_the-individual-activity-of-one-man-with_2560967.png) > [A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/a-hero-is-born-among-a-hundred-a-wise-man-is-found-among-a-thousand/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/plato-103_wisdom_a-hero-is-born-among-a-hundred-a-wise-ma_1263239.jpg) > [“At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-maeterlinck/at-every-crossway-on-the-road-that-leads-to-the-future-each/) [Maurice Maeterlinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-maeterlinck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/maurice-maeterlinck-3952_time_at-every-crossway-on-the-road-that-leads_325223.jpg) > [A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford-ii/a-generation-ago-there-were-a-thousand-men-to-every-opportunity-while/) [Henry Ford II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/henry-ford-ii-45723_every-man_a-generation-ago-there-were-a-thousand-m_2218322.png) > [Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/though-he-should-conquer-a-thousand-men-in-the-battlefield-a-thousand/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/gautama-buddha-163_battlefields_though-he-should-conquer-a-thousand-men_932119.jpg) > [“I’d let his whole khalasar fuck you if need be, sweet sister, all forty thousand men and their horses too if that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/i-d-let-his-whole-khalasar-fuck-you-if-need-be-sweet-sister-all-forty/) [George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/george-r-r-martin-48_sweet-sister_i-d-let-his-whole-khalasar-fuck-you-if-n_1155284.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thousand-men/#itemlist", "name": "Thousand Men Quotes", "numberOfItems": 34, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.\" \"It might to keep it open.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ursula K. 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