The 88 Best He Quotes

He who fights with monsters Should look to it that he hi...

He who fights with monsters Should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, The Abyss Also gazes into you. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try wak...

“Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning & loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.” - Brian Andreas

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"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisi...

"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that the nature he destroys is the God he worships." – Hubert Reeves

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“A man never discloses his own c...

“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” Jean Paul Richter

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“It is impossible for a m...

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” ― Epictetus

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"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not ...

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say" -George R.R. Martin

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“If a law is unjust a man is not...

“If a law is unjust a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so” - Thomas Jefferson

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“Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do ...

“Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.”-Malcolm x

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“If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiven...

“If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.” — A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner.

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“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he ...

“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” ― Alden Nowlan

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“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not ...

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.” - Epictetus

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...went to a bar for a few drinks. The bartender a...

...went to a bar for a few drinks. The bartender asked what I wanted. "Surprise me", I said. So he showed me a naked picture of my wife. ...Rodney Dangerfield

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"He who asks is a fool for five...

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." — Uma Jolie

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The most merciful person is th...

The most merciful person is the one who forgive when he is able to take revenge - Imam Hussain(AS)

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"A man doing evil knowing he is doing evil, has...

"A man doing evil knowing he is doing evil, has his own limits. A man doing evil believing he is doing good will destroy the world." - Mike Wawzowski

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“The foreman should take into account the abilities and limitations of his...

“The foreman should take into account the abilities and limitations of his men, circulating among them and asking nothing unreasonable. He should know their morale and spirit, and encourage them when necessary.” - Miyamoto Musashi

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"When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now...

"When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality." - Russell Brand

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I asked a wise man, “Tell me sir, in which field could I make a great...

I asked a wise man, “Tell me sir, in which field could I make a great career?” He said with a smile, “Be a good human being. There is a huge opportunity in this area And very little competition.” --Jalal ud Din Rumi

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“If you want to know what a man's like...

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” — Sirius Black

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"The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast ...

"The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity; for always he has striven to rely predominantly on himself, and to derive all joy from himself." —Seneca

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“He who jumps into the void ow...

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” - Jean-Luc Godard

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his c...

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” — George S. Patton

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"By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have live...

"By the age of 70, he who doesn’t read will have lived only one life. He who reads will have lived 5000 years. Reading is immortality working backwards." - Umberto Eco

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A man will never cross the same rive...

A man will never cross the same river twice because it is not the same river and he is not the same man - Heraclitus

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Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, an...

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering. - Nicole Krauss, The History of Love -

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“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resou...

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.” - Arthur Schopenhauer

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"If a law is unjust, a man is not...

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson

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“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into ...

“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.” ― Hannah Harrington, Saving June

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Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible ...

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping. — Hubert Reeves

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"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was ...

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." - Shirley Temple

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Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a ...

Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a bartender, 'Make me a zombie.' He said 'God beat me to it' ...Rodney Dangerfield

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"He who is fixed to a ...

"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. " -Leonardo da Vinci

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"No man is more unhappy than he wh...

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself." --Seneca

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"A leader is best when people barely know he e...

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, the people will say: we did it ourselves." -Lao Tzu

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He who lives in harmony with...

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. - Marcus Aurelius

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Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March | Caesar. ...

Soothsayer. Beware the ides of March | Caesar. He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass | -- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 2 - Shakespeare

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"When the king brands us pirates, he doesn't mean to make us adversaries. He doesn't mean to mak...

"When the king brands us pirates, he doesn't mean to make us adversaries. He doesn't mean to make us criminals. He means to make us monsters. For that's the only way his god-fearing, tax-paying subjects can make sense of men who keep what is theirs and fear no one." - Captain Flint (Black Sails)

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"A few years ago, I actually did come up with a mocking sort of epit...

"A few years ago, I actually did come up with a mocking sort of epitaph for myself. It's this: 'Here lies Robert Silverberg. He spent most of his life in the future. Now he's in the past.' " - Robert Silverberg

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“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the co...

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” – General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur

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"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extra...

"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which." — Douglas Adams

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“By the time a man realizes that hi...

“By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth

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"People who boast a...

"People who boast about their IQ are losers." - Stephen Hawking

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He told me to live everyday again, almost exactly the same. The...

He told me to live everyday again, almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be. The second time, noticing.- About Time

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“He is capable of behaving kindly, but he is not kind. He is capable of committing ...

“He is capable of behaving kindly, but he is not kind. He is capable of committing acts of generosity, but he is not generous. He is capable of being loyal, but he is fundamentally disloyal.” — Michael Cohen speaking about his former client Donald J. Trump

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“Man is always prey to his truths. ...

“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.” ― Albert Camus

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"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man t...

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak." — Jay Leno

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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled,...

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn’t exist. -Roger “verbal” Kint (The Usual Suspects 1995)

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"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible ...

"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." — Alyce Anderson

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Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible ...

Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping. — Hubert Reeves

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He who would trade liberty for some ...

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security. ... Benjamin Franklin

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“Best of all he loved the fall. The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floa...

“Best of all he loved the fall. The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams, and above the hills the high blue windless skies …Now he will be a part of them forever.” -Ernest Hemingway, an epitaph he wrote for a friend

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"Was Limonov a visionary or a poser, an artist or a politician, a leftist or a rightist? The an...

"Was Limonov a visionary or a poser, an artist or a politician, a leftist or a rightist? The answer to all of them is, of course, yes. In many ways he was a cliché, but he was not unaware of that: the point was that he chose his own cliché." - Mark Galeotti in his obituary of Eduard Limonov

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He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His ...

He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle. P.G. Wodehouse

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Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And...

Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself. ...L. Ron Hubbard

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If he ever hits you, he has to sle...

If he ever hits you, he has to sleep some time, and there is a cast iron pan on the stove ~old Ukrainian woman

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"Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possib...

"Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes." - Judge Learned Hand

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"When a man farewells this world, all He's got left is his story....

"When a man farewells this world, all He's got left is his story. Don't leave it for the English to tell it. They'll only fuck it up and steal the proceeds" - Harry Power, True History of The Kelly Gang

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He who blames others has a long way to go on hi...

He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived. -Chinese Proverb-

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"It is not death that a man shou...

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live" - Marcus Aurelius

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"A man may be so much of e...

"A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything." — Samuel Johnson

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"We're all the same. No one really remembers the day he was born. ...

"We're all the same. No one really remembers the day he was born. We all have to trust another's word on the matter. It doesn't matter if it's true or not. Just having a birthday makes one happy I think."

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"Blind certainty, a close-mindedness that amount...

"Blind certainty, a close-mindedness that amounts to imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up." - David Foster Wallace

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“Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus go...

“Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.” - Bob Dylan

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"Nothing is as irritating as the...

"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you." — Kin Hubbard

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“Man only likes to count his ...

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”― Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“But that’s the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged ...

“But that’s the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.” - Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451)

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"An expert is a person who has ma...

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." — Niels Bohr

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"I submit to you that if a man hasn'...

"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live" -- M. L. King Jr.

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"Sir, he is throwing his money without thought or r...

"Sir, he is throwing his money without thought or reason. I dont see a tree as generous if it drops all its fruits for the smalest of breeze" - Samuel Johnnson

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"Almost nothing material is neede...

"Almost nothing material is needed for a happy life for he who has understood existence." Marcus Aurelius.

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'He is a man of splendid abilities but t...

'He is a man of splendid abilities but totally corrupt. He shines and stinks like rotten mackerel in moonlight.' - John Randolph

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"An honest politician is on...

"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." — Simon Cameron

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"The definition of the true savage is...

"The definition of the true savage is that he laughs when he hurts you; and howls when you hurt him." —G. K. Chesterton

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"When something is important en...

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." - Elon Musk

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If you find all your roads and p...

If you find all your roads and paths blocked, He will show you a secret way that no one knows. ~ Rumi~

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"He's not concerned with yesterday, he knows constant change is here today. He's ...

"He's not concerned with yesterday, he knows constant change is here today. He's noble enough to know what's right, but weak enough not to choose it. He's wise enough to win the world, but fool enough to lose it" ~Neil Peart RIP (Rush - New World Man)

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“A champion is some...

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” — Jack Dempse

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"After twelve years of therapy my psychiatr...

"After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said, 'No hablo ingles.'" — Ronnie Shakes

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"Good advice is something a man gi...

"Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example." — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a...

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question is a fool forever. We are all born ignorant, but to stay ignorant is a choice, without some form of education you are lost. —(Chinese Proverb)

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“No man chooses evil because it is...

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.” ― Mary Shelley

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"The man who does more than he ...

"The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does." - Napolean Hill

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"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think ...

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever." — Woody Allen

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Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility ...

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy. - Leo Tolstoy

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“An archaeologist is the best kind of husb...

“An archaeologist is the best kind of husband to have, because the older you get, the more interested he is in you.” Agatha Christie

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“You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You w...

“You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: this is Hector, the fool who thought he killed Achilles.” -Achilles

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"When a stupid man is doing something...

"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty." — George Bernard Shaw

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He who will not...

He who will not risk cannot win. ... John Paul Jones

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