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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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a stout woman with a man's name - Billie. She was plain-faced with honest eyes - no black grease by the lash line, no blue powder on the lids, eyebrows not plucked up high and thin.
- Disarmed
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundrel - the kind of smile that disarmed men and undressed women.
- Good Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
- Appreciation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
- Limit
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man who has done his best has done everything.
- Big Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.
- Perfume
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will take more thought about his job than the men working with him. The fellow who sits still and does what he is told will never be told to do big things.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is the only plan I know of which is equally fair to the employers and every class of employee. Someday, I hope, all labor troubles will be solved by such a system.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here I am, a not over-good business man, a second-rate engineer. I can make poor mechanical drawings. I play the piano after a fashion. In fact, I am one of those proverbial Jack-of-all-trades who are usually failures. Why I am not, I can't tell you.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020