- 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
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Richard Nixon was a very complex man. I don't think he was a conservative, nor liberal, not even a moderate. He was a pragmatic politician. He loved politics.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never tried to run away from my race. I was born a black man. You know that in your bones as soon as you are able to understand this country... My approach to life about race is, I don't see the difference between black people and white people.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.
- Himself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020