Distinguished Quote by Robertson Davies

The greatest measure of a man is who he is when nobody is looking.

— Jeffrey Friend

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much…

— Charles Caleb Colton

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

— Thomas Browne

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of years, were not handsome men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

— Oscar Wilde

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires…

— Sallust

If humans did not manufacture some of their own to appear like better people, people would not aspire to be someone else. They would…

— Craig Stone

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive. He moved like light.

— Paula McLain

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The full measure of a man is not to be found in the man himself, but in the colors and textures that come alive…

— Anonymous