Every Man Quotes - Page 10

• Every man should be allowed to love two cities, his own and San Francisco

  Gene Fowler

  Men, Cities, Two

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• Every boy, in his journey to become a man, takes an arrow in the center of his heart, in the place of his strength. Because the wound is rarely discussed and even more rarely healed, every man carries a wound. And the wound is nearly always given by his father.

  John Eldredge

  Father, Heart, Boys

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.62, Harper Collins

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• Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.

  John Eldredge

  Men, People, Broken

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.72, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.

  John Eldredge

  Fighting, Warrior, Men

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.140, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.

  Adam Smith

  Men, Foundation, Sacred

  Adam Smith (1814). “An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With notes, and an additional vol., by D. Buchanan”, p.200

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• Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

  Henry Miller

  Kings, Men, Profound

  Henry Miller (1964). “Henry Miller on Writing”, New Directions Publishing

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• The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition . . . is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration.

  Adam Smith

  Powerful, Men, Errors

  Adam Smith, John Ramsay McCulloch (1828). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.115

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• Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.

  Voltaire

  Thinking, Men, Hands

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• Every man should have the right to choose their destiny.

  Bob Marley

  Destiny, Men, Should Have

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• Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

  William Ellery Channing

  Book, Men, Roof

  William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.17

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• Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life

  Daniel Webster

  Men, Murder, Security

  Daniel Webster (1851). “The Works”, p.59

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• Set it up in Zimbabwe, Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgment there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble.

  Bob Marley

  Struggle, Fighting, Destiny

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• Christianity is a power religion. Christ has the power to re-create men from the inside out, as every man who has ever met Him knows.

  Peter Marshall

  Christian, Men, Mets

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• All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

  John Locke

  Independent, Equality, Men

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• In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.

  Voltaire

  Men, Hammers, Anvils

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• I hold every man a debtor to his profession.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Society, Debtors

  'The Elements of the Common Law' (1596) preface

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• Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.

  James Thurber

  Children, Men, Ideas

  James Thurber (1996). “Writings and Drawings”, Library of America

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• Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler.

  Ted Turner

  Men, Littles, Butlers

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• Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.

  John Bright

  Men, Special, Majority

  John Bright, H. J. Leech (1885). “The Public Letters of John Bright”, London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington

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• I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Debtors, Occupation

  Francis Bacon, John Blackbourne, George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) (1730). “Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio ... Opera Omnia Quatuor Voluminibus Comprehensa: Containing, I. Proposition for compiling and amendment of our laws. II. Offer of a digest of the laws. III. Elements, or, Maxims and use of the common law. IV. Cases of treason. V. Four arguments in law ... VI. Draught of an act. VII. Ordinances in chancery. VIII. Reading on the statute of uses. IX. Resuscitatio ... X. Charges. XI. Speeches. XII. Observations on a libel, &c. XIII. Report of Lopez's treason. XI”, p.15

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• In every man's heart there is anchored a little schooner.

  Henry Miller

  Heart, Men, Discovery

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• So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.

  Richard Hooker

  Men, Two, Titles

  Richard Hooker (1830). “The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker”, p.416

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• Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth from appearances. And indeed the use and benefit of this touchstone, which is natural reason, is spoiled and lost only by assuming prejudices, overweening presumption, and narrowing our minds.

  John Locke

  Men, Mind, Gold

  John Locke (1819). “An essay concerning human understanding. Also, extr. from the author's works, i. Analysis of mr. Locke's doctrine of ideas [&c.].”, p.314

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• Truth is what every man sees lurking at the bottom of his own soul, like the oyster shell housewives put in the kitchen kettle to collect the lime from the water. By and by each man's iridescent oyster shell of Truth becomes coated with the lime of prejudice and hearsay.

  Christopher Morley

  Men, Oysters, Water

  Christopher Morley (1919). “Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street”

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• Elections, especially of representatives and counselors, should be annual, there not being in the whole circle of the sciences a maxim more infallible than this, "where annual elections end, there slavery begins." These great men ... should be (chosen) once a year-Like bubbles on the sea of matter bourne, they rise, they break, and to the sea return. This will teach them the great political virtues of humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.

  John Adams

  Humility, Men, Years

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