Any Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other…

— Anonymous

I believe it is the conviction of the purest men, that the net amount of man and man does not much vary. Each is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Perhaps five or even ten per cent of men can do something rather well. It is a tiny minority who can do anything really…

— G. H. Hardy

No one man can do the job...but all it takes is someone to start the job...

— Matjenin

When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?

— Henry David Thoreau

Every man is not so much a workman in the world as he is a suggestion of that he should be. Men walk as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Nearly every person you meet is aiming at a situation in which he will be exempted from the drudgery of laboring with his hands.…

— William A. Alcott

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful moneymaker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example. A manager may…

— Robert Menzies

I've stated before that I think we all have a job to do and the number one focus needs to be on every man…

— Matthew Slater

Try not to become a man of sucess, but rather try to become a man of value

— Tinku Ji

When a man makes a specialty of knowing how some other fellow ought to spend his money, he usually thinks in millions and works…

— George Horace Lorimer