Many of the famed quotes about manhood would be considered unhealthy now, but there’s still some gems out there. Here are just some of our faves.
“Ultimate vulnerability. That’s manly.”
– Cameron Conaway, cage fighter
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
– Michael Jordan, athlete
“The heart of man is very much like the sea; it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too.”
– Vincent Van Gogh, artist
“Life is so damn short. For f***’s sake, just do what makes you happy.”
– Bill Murray, actor
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
– Albert Einstein, scientist
“The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.”
– Albert Einstein, scientist
“A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.”
– Buddha, spiritual figure
“The greatest thing a man can possibly do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other…”
– Orison Swett Marden, author and publisher
“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”
– Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher
“No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.”
– Abraham Lincoln, US President
“First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.”
– Amos-Bronson-Alcott, teacher and philosopher
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
– Ernest Hemingway, author
“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more ‘manhood’ to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.”
– Alex Karras, athlete, actor and author
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