Balloon Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of…

— Henry David Thoreau

A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body…

— Socrates

A man should not go where he cannot carry his whole sphere or society with him,Mnot bodily, the whole circle of his friends, but…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who…

— Jean de la Bruyere

What is the use for a man to have at his disposal a large field of action, if within himself he remains confine to…

— African Spir

A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“Don't try to justify yourself on the ground that somebody must do this kind of work. Let "somebody," not yourself, take the responsibility ...…

— Orison Swett Marden

Sometimes a man imagines that he will lose himself if he gives himself, and keep himself if he hides himself. But the contrary takes…

— Ernest Hello

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

— Charles Evans Hughes

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

— Samuel Johnson

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.

— Henrik Ibsen

A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.

— Benjamin Butler