- Life
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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
- Comfort
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
- Guilt
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
- Expressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020