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.
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No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
Pop taught me respect for my fellow man and reverence for my God. He taught me the importance of family and religion.
It is essential that the young people of this country learn to respect the right of every man and woman to seek his or her happiness with minimal interference from the government.
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in his breeches pocket or anywhere but on his sleeve.
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.
Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.
My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone...
My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
