- Die
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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
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good man is the friend of all living things.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
- Ideal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
- Creeds
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
- Harmonious
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- Nov 07, 2020
By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020