My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely different animals.
Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.
Strange, isn't it,' mused Glokta as he watched him struggle for air. 'Big men, small men, thin men, fat men, clever men, stupid men, they all respond the same to a fist in the guts. One minute you think you're the most powerful man in the world. The ...
There are two perfectly good men; one dead, and the other unborn.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
No iron is so strong that it cannot be melted down, and no business so dirty that can be fixed with money.
Even though the old man is strong and hearty, he will not live forever.
You do not fall because you are weak, you fall because you think you are strong.
Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not anoint plans, but men - men of prayer.
But it will be asked: What is the force and power of the blessings and curses of men, even if these men be such giants as Plato and Aristotle? Does truth become more true because Aristotle blesses it, or does it become error because Plato curses it? ...
I know they are all honest men, but my cloak is nowhere to be found.
The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn't easy.
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
God is glorified not by calling strong women but by giving His strength to weak women.
Sometimes you have to choose between being strong and being honest, if you want real answers.
Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.
If you want to be able to recall everything and anything in detail, then you need to be strong enough to feel all bad memories as well.
