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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
- Bond
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- Nov 07, 2020
In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
- Nov 07, 2020
What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
- Does
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man fails who does his best.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
- Aroused
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.
- Nov 07, 2020