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Men Quotes
Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.
Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Men don't hear women.
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I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
- Juice
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Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.
- Nov 07, 2020
Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
- Extrapolate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020