Quotes of: Ordinary-men Keyword

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category — gentlemen masquerading as beasts?

Snowy Night with a Stranger

All monsters are queers. Who is able to bring the dead back to life? God and the Devil. The Devil makes dead men into monsters: immortal, immoral—and queer.

The Show That Smells

The men responsible for this depression are irresponsible, and therefore only irresponsible people are responsible enough to get us out and reverse course.

So many chairs, and no time to sit

He who lowers his mind to the dust of all men’s feet, Sees the Name of God enshrined in every heart.

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!

Tarzan of the Apes

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Today We Are Rich: Harnessing The Power Of Total Confidence

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

For all our penny-wisdom,’” he said, “‘for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts.

Then We Came to the End

Ghosts could walk freely tonight, without fear of the disbelief of men; for this night was haunted, and it would be an insensitive man who did not know it.

Tortilla Flat

Any noble cause will encounter its share of setbacks. The strength of that cause is measured in how the men who fight for it respond. We refuse to give up, which is why we will prevail eventually.

Thieftaker

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Treasure Island

God doesn’t promise us escape from suffering or pain. Rather, He promises to miraculously use even bad situations for your ultimate good.

One-Minute Insights for Men

When you don’t understand what is happening, you need to wait, trust God, and rest in His care. He is always faithful to His own.

One-Minute Insights for Men

Your impact on the lives of others--your family, the people at your church, your workmates--is cultivated with each decision you make, no matter how small.

One-Minute Insights for Men

…for it is often to be observed of the shallower men, that they are the very last to despond. It is the glory of the bladder that nothing can sink it; it is the reproach of a box of treasure, that once overboard it must drown

Pierre: or, the Ambiguities

it is a higher glory... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war.

The Political Writings of St. Augustine

The maddened four men followed frantically, for it is better to be in the presence of the awful than only within hearing. ("The Black Dog")

The Portable Stephen Crane

Both men had made her feel as if she were the one who was at fault, a typically masculine reaction to a woman who was able to act independently of them.

Passionate Choice

...men are much softer than women, more sentimental. They cry at the movies and pretend not to. The male of the species is weak. He doesn’t tolerate pain well.

Penny Dreadful

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

Philosophical Dictionary

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

The Pilgrims Progress; From This World to That Which Is to Come by a New Edition