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.
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most...
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and...
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear...
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
