Man Quotes

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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here… — Pearl Bailey
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just… — Pearl Bailey
Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping,… — Abigail Adams
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I… — Abigail Adams
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance… — Russell Baker
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries,… — Cleveland Abbe
Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. — Abu Bakr
O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out. — Abu Bakr
Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin. — Abu Bakr
By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have… — Mikhail Bakunin
The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart. — Mikhail Bakunin
The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not… — Mikhail Bakunin
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine
There's three things: there's masculinity, there's intelligence, there's sensitivity. You've got to bring those three things to a leading man's role: masculinity, sensitivity, intelligence. In… — Alec Baldwin
Thirty was a big deal for me. It was the age where I reevaluated everything - how I approached life and how I thought about… — Amy Adams
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. — James A. Baldwin
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. — James A. Baldwin
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. — James A. Baldwin
I want to be an honest man and a good writer. — James A. Baldwin
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions… — Ansel Adams
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance.… — James A. Baldwin
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes… — James A. Baldwin

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