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«The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.»
«The man who gives up accomplishes nothing and is only a hindrance. The man who does not give up can move mountains.»
Author: Ernest Hello | About: Men | Keywords: hindrance, hindrances
«The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best co-ordinate the brains and talents of his associates.»
«The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one»
«The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.»
«The men of action are, after all only the unconscious instruments of the men of thought»
Author: Heinrich Heine (Poet, Writer) | About: Action, Men | Keywords: instruments, unconscious
«The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel | About: Men | Keywords: clearness, decides, insists
«The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.»
«The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.»
«The man who cannot believe his senses, and the man, who cannot believe in anything else, are both insane»
Author: Lord Chesterfield (Diplomat, Statesman, Wit) | About: Men | Keywords: Anything Else, insane