Men Quotes

These 53 quotes on men and manhood come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. — Abba Eban
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Abba Eban
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. — Confucius
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. — Confucius
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
Confucius
Give me a thousand old men and I will move Mount Semeru from its place. Give me ten young men and I will shake the world. — Sukarno
Give me a thousand old men and I will move Mount Semeru from its place. Give me ten young men and I will shake the world.
Sukarno
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. — Charles Dickens
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. — V. S. Naipaul
The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.
V. S. Naipaul
Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. — Chief Joseph
Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
Chief Joseph
Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. — José Martí
Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
José Martí
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer. — Sri Ramakrishna
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
Sri Ramakrishna
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. — Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
Plato
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Ibn Sina
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.
Ibn Sina
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius
Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.
Marcus Aurelius
Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. — Epictetus
Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.
Epictetus
Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. — Miyamoto Musashi
Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men.
Miyamoto Musashi
Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse. — Golda Meir
Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse.
Golda Meir
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. — Sophocles
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
Sophocles
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. — Kahlil Gibran
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
Kahlil Gibran
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