Action Quote by Anonymous

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of any great design, but of chance.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The designs of men are notoriously subservient to happenstance, hesitation, and haste; but”

— Amor Towles

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform.

— Hugh Walpole

Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.

— Lexa Doig

Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor, few wish to do so more than sufficiently, or than is necessary to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

— Giacomo Leopardi

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at…

— Herodotus

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

— Walter Raleigh

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

— Wendell Phillips

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

— Aristotle