Ifs Quote by Vannevar Bush

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

— Samuel Johnson

A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mans present can sometimes be judged by his past.

— Vikrant Parsai

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a…

— Anonymous

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.

— Joseph Addison

“What confusion! what perversion! and what folly! for the further man's criticism departs from the domain of evidence and enters on the sphere of…

— E.W. Bullinger

He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it…

— Tim O'Brien

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

— Norman Douglas

If a man wishes to ensure the bad opinion of others, his best course probably is to be honest about himself.

— William Hurrell Mallock

Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render…

— Arthur Helps

Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of…

— William Penn