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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.

Even when candidates have degrees from Harvard and Yale, they try to run as the candidate of the common man.

Quotes by H. W. Brands

To me, the puzzle of Ronald Reagan is how a comparatively ordinary man, someone with not extraordinary talent, accomplished such extraordinary results. At the age of 50, no one expected that this was going to be the guy who would...

Quotes by H. W. Brands

Love makes the most careful man wreckless.

Quotes by H. W. Brands

Musicals look beautiful and great and fun, but man, when you're getting into it, you got to be on top of it.

Quotes by Haaz Sleiman

Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.

Quotes by Haile Selassie

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or...

Quotes by Haile Selassie

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the...

Quotes by Haile Selassie

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the...

Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man.

Quotes by Gyorgy Ligeti

Basically, I'm an emotional man and a human being.

Quotes by H. D. Kumaraswamy

Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.

Quotes by H. G. Wells

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate...

Quotes by H. G. Wells

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.

Quotes by H. G. Wells

Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

Quotes by H. G. Wells

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

Quotes by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

This Adonis in loveliness was a corpulent man of fifty.

Quotes by H. L. Hunt

When I was on the ice, I felt like a free man. With flying, it's the same thing. When I'm flying by myself on an afternoon, I feel free.

Quotes by Guy Lafleur

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.

Quotes by Gustave Moreau

Imagination is like the drunk man who lost his watch and must get drunk again to find it.

Quotes by Guy Davenport

I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.

Quotes by Guy Fieri

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of content will I find on this Man quotes page?
This page brings together a mix of quotes and messages built around the word "man" - including festive Raksha Bandhan wishes celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters, alongside lines like the wry observation that golf is "the most useless outdoor game ever devised to waste the time and try the spirit of man." If you want more poetic Hindi-style verses on this theme, the Shayari section has more.
Are the Raksha Bandhan messages here suitable to share with siblings?
Yes. Several entries are short, ready-to-send Raksha Bandhan greetings - including one wishing a happy, blessed Rakhi and celebrating the bond of love between brother and sister - written specifically to be copied and sent during the festival.
Is this page only serious, or is there humor too?
There's a mix of tones. Some of the Hindi messages are warm and devotional, referencing Ram Navami, while another - a Raksha Bandhan themed line about a missed "date" that ends with the sister leaving after tying the rakhi - leans toward lighthearted, teasing humor. For more good-natured lines, check Good quotes.
How does this page relate to devotional themes?
The Ram Navami-themed message here touches on devotion to Ram, so if you want more faith-oriented lines, God quotes is a good next stop.
Can I find quotes here for occasions other than Raksha Bandhan?
Yes - alongside the rakhi and Ram Navami-themed messages, there's also a general English quote unrelated to any festival, about golf wasting "the time and try the spirit of man." For more everyday, relatable lines, browse Ham quotes.

Looking for something more spiritual? Our God quotes cover faith and devotion, while the Hindi-language Shayari collection offers a different, poetic take on similar themes.