Great English Quotes and Aphorisms on Man and Men by famous writers

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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON MEN 9

The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.

Gabriel Heatter (1890-1972, American journalist)

Time is a circus always packing up and moving away.

Ben Hecht (1894-1964, American newspaperman, novelist, playwright)

When you overpay small people you frighten them. They know that their merits or activities entitle them to no such sums as they are receiving. As a result their boss soars out of economic into magic significance. He becomes a source of blessings rather than wages. Criticism is sacrilege, doubt is heresy.

Ben Hecht (1894-1964, American newspaperman, novelist, playwright)

Often we place too much emphasis on the desired results, and not enough on the person we need to be to achieve and support those results.

Larry Hehn

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987, Lithuanian violinist)

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.

Cynthia Heimel

I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord!

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856, German poet, journalist)

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motive.

Robert Heinlein (1907-1988, American science fiction writer)

The difference between management and administration (which is what the bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

Robert Heller (American business writer, editor of Management Today)

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Robert Heller (American business writer, editor of Management Today)

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875, British historian, novelist, essayist)

Be fully in the moment, open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.

Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)

If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that this is so, you can let the boys yip and the noise will have that pleasant sound coyotes make on a very cold night when they are out in the snow and you are in your own cabin that you have built or paid for with your work.

Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)

Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.

Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961, American writer)

If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.

Hazel Henderson

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, American actress, writer)

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, American actress, writer)

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003, American actress, writer)

Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.

Heraclitus (BC 535-475, Greek philosopher)

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

A. P. Herbert (1890-1971, British author, politician)

Spend not on hopes.

George Herbert (1593-1632, British metaphysical poet)

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

George Herbert (1593-1632, British metaphysical poet)

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

Herodotus (BC 484-425, Greek historian)

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!

Alexander Herzen (1812-1870, Russian journalist, political thinker)

Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?

Alexander Herzen (1812-1870, Russian journalist, political thinker)

You can't measure time in days the way you can money in dollars, because each day is different.

Phillip Hewett

Three may keep counsel, if two are away.

John Heywood (1497-1580, British dramatist, proverb collection)

Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.

Cullen Hightower

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970, American speaker, author, "Think And Grow Rich")

One should not lift the rod against our enemies upon the private information of another.

Hitopadesa (600-1100 AD, Sanskrit fable from Panchatantra)

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.

Edward Hoagland (1932-, American novelist, essayist)

Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

Russell Hoban (1925-, American author)

There can be no greater argument to a man of his own power than to find himself able not only to accomplish his own desires, but also to assist other men in theirs; and this is that conception wherein consisteth charity.

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679, British philosopher)

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983, American author, philosopher)

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983, American author, philosopher)

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Ben Hogan (1912-1997, American golfer)

America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller then these.

Simon Hoggart

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don’t you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right -- it holds my golden time!

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)

The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894, American author, wit, poet)

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

Lou Holtz (1937-, American football coach)

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

Lou Holtz (1937-, American football coach)

To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.

Oscar Homoka

You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.

Admiral Grace Hooper

Make a good use of the present.

Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.

Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can return from the world like a satisfied guest.

Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)

You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)

The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.

John Hospers

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.