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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
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I think that our laboratories are but little earthworks which men build about themselves, and whose puny tops too often conceal from view the Olympian heights; that we who work in these laboratories are but skilled artisans compared with the man who is able to observe and to draw accurate deductions from the world about him.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tomorrow is no man's gift.
- Beautiful Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between a 20-something and a 30-something man? Wisdom. At 20 years old, we don't really get how sensitive and beautiful women are. By 30, we're finally starting to learn.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Argentine tango is very special to me because it's full of sensuality. The chemistry between the man and woman is absolutely stunning.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020