- 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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
- Nov 07, 2020
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
- Exceeding
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
- Conferred
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- Nov 07, 2020
Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and for me to be treated ordinarily.
- Generic
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- Nov 07, 2020