Manhood quotes

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man.

Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don’t have to riot.