- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hiroshima
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
- Differs
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
- Gas Chambers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you call 'religious' a man who believes in what I call a Supermeaning, a meaning so comprehensive that you can no longer grasp it, get hold of it in rational intellectual terminology, then one should feel free to call me religious, really.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Director Jai Krishna is an optimist who has a never-say-die attitude. He has impressed me thoroughly with his faith in the industry. Not many are aware of the fact that this man had to wait for almost 30 years in this industry to direct 'Vanmam,' his first film.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.
- She
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman?
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it?
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though the demonetisation move should be welcomed, govt should have planned well in advance to ensure that no common man suffer.
- Good Pair
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- Nov 07, 2020