Doe Quote by Confucius

If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority

— Yugoslavian Proverb

This it is to be a man of the highest type: to be and not seem; to do and not simply to talk; to…

— Ossian Everett Mills

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

— Michel de Montaigne

Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste…

— Neal Stephenson

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully…

— Livy

A gentleman can always be told by the way he speaks to those that he thinks are his inferiors in some respect. His equals…

— Fanny Jackson Coppin

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

— Confucius

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

— Anonymous

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is…

— Booker T. Washington

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

— Henry James

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

— Confucius

A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much.

— Francis Crick