Ambitious Quote by Arthur Keith

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to…

— Orison Swett Marden

“Man is naturally humble, naturally grateful, naturally guilty, naturally transcended, naturally a sufferer; he is small, pitiful, weak, a passive taker who tucks himself…

— Ernest Becker

Man... is an inextricable tangle of culture and biology. And not being simple, he is not simply good; he has... a kind of hell…

— Anonymous

Man is essentially the imitative animal. His whole educabilityand in fact the whole history of civilization depend on this trait, which his strong tendencies…

— William James

Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful.

— Gautama Buddha

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying historturer but not of keeping his temper.

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other…

— Edmond de Goncourt

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others;…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of…

— Stendhal

Such is man's nature, that he is very inactive and lazy unless he is influenced by some affection, either love or hatred, desire, hope,…

— Jonathan Edwards