Quote

The man I am will always raise a protest against the man I wanted to be and the two will live together to the end, but the man I wanted to be will be the one on whom judgement will be passed.

— Julien Green

Sentiment: POSITIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him.

— Owen D. Young

Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

The only one who can change the heart of man is the Lord. And that will make us want to make things fair for other people.

— Benjamin Watson

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To live by one man's will becomes the cause of all misery.

— Richard Hooker

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

— Albert Camus

When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.

— Stanley Kubrick

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

— Frederick William Robertson

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

✗Opposing Perspectives

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.

— Joseph Priestley