Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Abraham Lincoln

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
Abraham Lincoln

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Abraham Lincoln

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham Lincoln

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
Thomas Jefferson

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
Confucius

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Confucius

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucius

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Confucius

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Oscar Wilde

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
Oscar Wilde

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.
Oscar Wilde

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
Oscar Wilde

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Oscar Wilde

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Maya Angelou

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Benjamin Franklin

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
William Shakespeare