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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
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man must earnestly want.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is essential that the young people of this country learn to respect the right of every man and woman to seek his or her happiness with minimal interference from the government.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in his breeches pocket or anywhere but on his sleeve.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.
- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
- Farthest
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020