Common Men Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing… — Winston Churchill
If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the… — Henry A. Wallace
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men. — William Shakespeare
When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children… — Grigori Rasputin
No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary human beings… — Peter Drucker
Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened. — Orison Swett Marden
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of… — Izaak Walton
Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when… — William Shakespeare
Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the… — Miyamoto Musashi
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men. — Giorgio de Chirico
Death calls ye to the crowd of common men. — James Shirley
...ambition without pious restraint must end in failure, often involving in its ruin that beautiful reverence which solaces common men for the obscurity and poverty… — Russell Kirk
My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should make no impression… — Swami Vivekananda
Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made… — Alexis Carrel
The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in… — E. Digby Baltzell
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men. — Henry David Thoreau
The ancient Apostles were common men, and that was part of their credential. — David A. Bednar
All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium… — Raymond Chandler
Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole… — Ramakrishna
The essence of the Progressive movement, as I see it, lies in its purpose to uphold the fundamental principles of representative government. It expresses the… — Robert La Folette

Who Wrote These Common Men Quotes

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