Quotes about Human nature
The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature was, the fall of our first parents.
- George Whitefield
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
- Confucius
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
- Alexander Hamilton
There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.
- St. John Chrysostom
There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.
- Joyce Meyer
Error is to be pitied and pardoned: it is the weakness of human nature. But vice is a foul blemish, not pardonable in any character.
- Thomas Jefferson
Only the brave know how to forgive it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
- Laurence Sterne
We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?
- John Lennon
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.
- George Eliot
I don't know a lot about politics. I like talking about human behavior. Politicians are funny to me because they often say one thing and behave a different way.
- Stephen Colbert