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.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
Man, the '80s were pretty wacky. You had some stuff that was just so rad and some stuff that was just so wrong.
The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.
The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.
It's interesting when you write something for somebody else, and then you're like, 'Oh man, I just laid my whole trip on them, and they don't even know!'
My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three wildly different daughters. There's also a renegade nun and a mystery man, but I don't want to give...
I befriended a homeless man five years ago, bought him a new set of teeth, helped him get his life on track. A writer for 'Elle' spent two hours talking to this guy and discarded almost everything he said. When...
With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head.
