quotes tagged with 'man' 
Simply put, MIT-educated Buzz Aldrin was one of the smartest guys in the astronaut corps.
During Project Gemini, spacewalker after spacewalker had failed. They tired quickly, and Buzz studied their problems. By the time he stepped into space, he had invented the tools and methods needed to walk in a vacuum. For example, he fashioned a pair of golden slippers that could be placed where needed to hold his booted feet. A spacewalker needs that — something to hold his or her feet in place — to keep stable attachment with the spaceship. Otherwise you will thrash about wildly. During Gemini 12, Buzz Aldrin whistled and sang through his spacewalk assignments.
And when he returned from the moon, when one of those moon-conspiracy theorists shoved a Bible in Aldrin’s face and ordered him to swear on it that he walked on the moon, Buzz decked him. Fellow astronaut Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury 7, renamed him Rocky. That’s my kind of man.
After 51 years on the job, after covering every spaceflight flown by Americans, I can report that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin — and Michael Collins, who kept stoking the home fires on board the Apollo 11’s command ship Columbia — were the best Earth had to offer.
History, this time we got it right.
"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."
I have sworn upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Job’s example teaches us about the proper relationships between the sufferer and God, as well as between those who would give solace and those who suffer. It is instructive that the Bible clearly focuses on Job’s relationship with God and the comforters, not on his physical suffering. To be sure, Job’s boils remain etched into our memories, but his physical complaints are not the main topic of the long dialogues that make up most of the book. In fact, when Job finally cries out, after abiding seven days and nights in complete silence, he complains not of boils but of betrayal:
“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul. …
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?” (Job 3:20, 23.)
Job’s physical pain is most embittering to him for what it seems to betoken: a violated relationship. Job’s relationship with God remains at issue throughout the ensuing dialogues.
Author: John S. Tanner, Source: Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?’, Ensign, Dec 1990, 49. h...Saved by mlsscaress in god man suffering light direction relationship comfort solace issue 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]"When I awoke that morning I was a man, although only [still] a boy. There was not anything in the world that I feared [after that]. I could meet any man or woman or child and look them in the face, feeling in my soul that I was a man every whit. That vision, that manifestation and witness that I enjoyed at that time has made me what I am, if I am anything that is good, or clean, or upright before the Lord, if there is anything good in me. That has helped me out in every trial and through every difficulty" (Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. [1939], 542–43).
The core of that meaningful dream is found in the reproof given by Joseph Smith to young Joseph F. Said the Prophet, "Joseph, you are late."
Replied Joseph F., "Yes, but I am clean—I am clean!"
The result of that dream was that a boy was changed into a man. His declaration "I am clean" gave him self-assurance and courage in facing anyone or any situation. He received the strength that comes from a clear conscience fortified by the approbation of the Prophet Joseph.
This prophetic dream holds something for every man and boy assembled in this vast congregation tonight. It is an old saying among us that "cleanliness is next to godliness."
Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-690-23,00.h...Saved by richardkmiller in man fear courage dream cleanliness witness godliness 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]By divine design, men and women are intended to progress together toward perfection and a fulness of glory. Because of their distinctive temperaments and capacities, males and females each bring to a marriage relationship unique perspectives and experiences. The man and the woman contribute differently but equally to a oneness and a unity that can be achieved in no other way. The man completes and perfects the woman and the woman completes and perfects the man as they learn from and mutually strengthen and bless each other.
Author: David E. Bednar, Source: http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,6558-1-3363-3,00.htm...Saved by cboyack in man family perfection relationship marriage woman gender 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Author: Bertrand Russell, Source: UnknownSaved by Doc in nation man fear prejudice hate inhumane insanity crowd 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]Many men though they’ve lived with a woman for years don't seem to have the faintest idea about what a woman needs and how she could be inspired to be made perfect.
Author: Boyd K. Packer, Source: http://videoweb.lib.byu.edu/Transcriptions/HRC/HTML/101_brinle...Saved by richardkmiller in man inspire perfection woman needs selflessness 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]The revelations of God contain correct doctrine and principle, so far as they go; but it is impossible for the poor, weak, low, grovelling, sinful inhabitants of the earth to receive a revelation from the Almighty in all its perfections
Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses 2:314Saved by Doc in revelation principle man sin doctrine perfection imperfection 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]I am so far from believing that any government upon this earth has constitutions and laws that are perfect, that I do not even believe that there is a single revelation, among the many God has given to the Church, that is perfect in its fulness
Author: Brigham Young, Source: Journal of Discourses 2:314Saved by Doc in constitution government revelation man law perfection imperfection fullness 3 years ago[save this] [permalink]Can't find a good quote on man? Try searching ScriptureTag!