Takes A Man Quotes

Whoever takes the decision of war, he is surely a stupid man! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate. — Henry David Thoreau

When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along. — Aeschylus

Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

You can't change a man, no-ways. By the time his mummy turns him loose and he takes up with some innocent woman and marries her, he's what he is. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. — Logan Pearsall Smith

The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic. — Voltaire

Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it. — Thomas J. Barratt

It takes a weak man to prove his strength by striking a woman. — Bernard Cornwell

This is the time for a young man to stop saying, "Why is life so hard?" He takes the hardness as the call to fight, to rise up, take it on. — John Eldredge

Its difficult to dislike a man who takes pleasure in giving away free beer. — Kevin Hearne

Takes more than combat boots to make a man. — Sting

A man gives out, dearie. A woman takes in. — Ursula K. Le Guin

It takes a certain kind of man willing to work long, grueling hours in a career offering few rewards. — Jon Michaelsen

A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness. — Nelson Mandela

Losing is like my ex-wife ... it's a b****, and it takes a bigger man than me to live with it. — Don Frye

It takes a wise man to learn wisdom from a wise woman! — Marcie Telander

A dead fish can float with the stream, but it takes a man to swim against it." What — Arthur Conan Doyle

It takes a man to make a devil. — Henry Ward Beecher

It takes patience to make a man - the patience to listen, watch and wait. — Ogwo David Emenike

A voice called out after me, 'life takes us on many divergent paths, and yet we shall meet one more time! Not in the flesh, but in the sun, man's home — Adriana Koulias

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him. — Sophocles

To me, defense is a mental attitude...it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up. — Michael Finley

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait. — James Whistler

To be strong, independent and still thoroughly enjoy a man who takes charge in the bedroom... — B. Buena

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed. — Kurt Vonnegut

A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a perverse delight in opposite things. — William Hazlitt

If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better. — Hugh Prather

And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit. — William Faulkner

Anybody can break down. It takes a [real] man not to. — John Steinbeck

Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself. — Miles Davis

When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife. — Arthur Golden

It takes just as much to save a dead man as a living man. — Wilford Woodruff

The true poet is a friendly man. He takes to his arms even cold and inanimate things, and rejoices in his heart. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Revenge is like a ghost ... It takes over every man it touches ... Its thirst cannot be quenched ... Until the last man standing has fallen ... — Vladimir Makarov

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet. — D. Elton Trueblood

An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie. — H.G.Wells

Revenge truly is sweet. It takes you to a dark place, but, man, it satisfies a thirst. Then — Trevor Noah

Don't think a woman can fully understand the power a man feels when he takes." (Witt Long) — Jasmine Haynes

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep. — Clive Barker

But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [ ... ] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in. — William Joyce

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man. — Ben Harper

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him. — Thomas More

Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure. — Robin Hobb

A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand. — Jean De La Bruyere

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write. — William Makepeace Thackeray

But love takes many forms, and it is not the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a certain love. — Mitch Albom

A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love. — Rajneesh

For all the toll the desert takes of a man it gives compensations, deep breaths, deep sleep, and the communion of the stars. — Mary Hunter Austin

It takes a truly great man to see that he's been wrong and to apologize for it, even in the face of the obvious. — Amy Lane

~ "It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. — Jack Handy

Any fool can waste, any fool can muddle, but it takes something of a man to save, and the more he saves the more of a man does it make of him. — Rudyard Kipling

The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him. — Clarence Darrow

But the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last. — Katherine Anne Porter

There is no music like a little river's ... It takes the mind out-of-doors ... and ... it quiets a man down like saying his prayers. — Robert Louis Stevenson

The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Love differs from all the other contagious diseases: the last time a man is exposed to it, he takes it most readily, and has it the worst! — Bret Harte

And the man who remains calm inevitably takes command of a situation. — Hope Mirrlees

As Bonaparte would sigh centuries later, it takes very few defeats to unmake a self-made man. — Derek Leebaert

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always. — Sophocles

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven. — Bear Bryant

It takes a certain kind of man to be in politics
a small one. — Croft M. Pentz

A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion - in other words, the amount of downside he is exposed to. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

War is not one-sided. It takes two blades to clash. It matters little who comes out on top, there is still a dead man at the end. — Mitch Rowland

He who makes a beast of himself, takes the pain out of being a man — Avenged Sevenfold

It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions. — Ellis Peters

Everything Man sees he takes for a toy.
Thus is he always, forever a boy. — Jessie Burton

I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a
woman to do that kind of work. — Harper Lee

When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure it is no longer a pain to them. — Jerome K. Jerome

The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite. — Napoleon Hill

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use. — Peter Latham

Oh Man! Maternal love is a bitch. It takes a woman in its grip at the most unexpected moments.

~ Ananya Mehta — Kirtida Gautam

George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year to support a kid in India. So he sent his kids there. — Red Buttons

A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time. — William Wegman

A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool. — Tad Williams

In each man's heart there lies a hole. A dark abyss of need, the filling of which takes precedence over all else. — Kate Morton

It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too. — Cathy Burnham Martin

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. — Confucius

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. — Xenophanes

When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show. — Angus Young

When a man has a birthday, he takes a day off. When a woman has a birthday, she takes at least three years off. — Joan Rivers

A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men. — Thomas A Kempis

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness. — Marcus Aurelius

It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It's so much more convenient to blame others. — Raymond E. Feist

Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away. — James Brown

It only takes one man to make a woman a fool. — Barbara Samuel

If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again. — E.W. Howe

So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer. — Corra May Harris

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor. — Henry Ward Beecher

Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. — Homer

It takes eternity to make a man despair. — Fulton J. Sheen

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. — Norman Douglas

If that's what it takes". Jack had the confidence of a man who knew he had all the exits guarded. "Location 1044 — Sophie Oak

Whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. — Homer

A man never suffers in defeat. But a weak man folds under pressure, while a real man takes it on the chin. — Rob G.

I like a man what takes his time. — Mae West

A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time. — Michael Crichton