Humankind Quotes

364 quotes by 282 authors

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions… — John Adams
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel
In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where… — Tony Blair
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species. — Buzz Aldrin
The real wealth, not only of America, but of the world, is in the resources of the ground we stand on, and in the resources… — Norman Cousins
I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects anything that will… — Harry Belafonte
Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must… — Frank Herbert
Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance beween spirit and… — Gary Snyder
I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope… — Sylvia Earle
I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to… — John Stuart Mill
I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational. — John Wilmot
Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer restlessness. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. — Bertrand Russell
In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind. — Hannah More
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few… — Henry Ward Beecher
The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel. — Akkineni Nagarjuna

Who Wrote These Humankind Quotes

282 authors contributed a total of 364 Humankind Quotes, led by these top contributors: