Happens Quote by Joseph Butler

Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility…

— Jim Perrin

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…

— James A. Baldwin

Make a point never go clear, it is great odds that a man whose habits and the bent of whose mind lie a contrary…

— George Berkeley

One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.

— Laozi

Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we…

— Petrarch

Man can be conditioned to behave in almost every desired way; but only "almost.

— Erich Fromm

“If a man acts in a purely mechanical way, reacting to external demands or instruction rather than in ways determined by his own interests…

— Noam Chomsky

Example is a motive of very prevailing force on the actions of men.

— Samuel Rogers

A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer…

— Anonymous

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to…

— Orison Swett Marden

At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in it, and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon…

— Henry Adams