Quote by John Stuart Mill

Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.

Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merch

Summary

This quote suggests that a person's core identity as a man should not be overshadowed by their chosen profession. It emphasizes that developing individuals with strong character, intelligence, and understanding will inevitably enable them to excel in any professional field they choose. The quote implies that one's capabilities and intelligence are not restricted by profession but are primarily determined by their personal growth and development.

By John Stuart Mill

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when

You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film is. But I change you change.

Steven Spielberg

Change

However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be.

However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be.

Humor

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.

Jean-Paul Sartre

God

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much te

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

Quentin Tarantino

Freedom

I dream of a place and a time where America will once again

I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal

Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners.

Camille Anna Paglia

Christianity

My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the

My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.

Change

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do thi

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.

Government

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I l

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

Family

Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the fres

Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.

Trees Mansfield Park

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year it's t

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to l

I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

William P. Leahy

Faith