Quotes About Manhood

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life.

That body suddenly seemed the black opening of a cavern in which I would be tortured till madness came, in which I would lose my manhood. Precisely, I wanted to know that mystery and feel that power and have that promise fulfilled through me.

Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle.

In short, the magnifying influence of fear began to set at naught the calculations of reason, and to render those who should have remembered their manhood, the slaves of the basest passions.

Life is hard, Kid, you gotta be harder. You gotta take it on and fight for it and be a fucking man about how you live it.

As part of the ritual of becoming a man, my maternal uncle, a judge, and his four sons, each older than me, took me deer hunting.

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

I've discovered new parts of my manhood, places I couldn't get to without loving someone else unconditionally and putting others before myself.

Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they?

Yes, it's still a man's world, unfortunately, and we have a long way to go in this country and all countries - but there's something to be said for just feeling the spirit of a true man, and I think that's what 'Classic Man' speaks to.

The Womb of a Virtuous Woman produces a Wonder boy that grows to be a Real Man

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

It's great to listen to men talk about sports or fights or war or even hunting sometimes, but the presence of the other, the presence of art and beauty, which crude masculinity seems to discount, is essential. Real civilization and real manhood seem to me to include those.

Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.

As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

Initiative is the essence of manhood. Noting comes to the man who is passive, except failure.

Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.

To age with dignity and with courage cuts close to what it is to be a man.

Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.

Is not birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, Manhood, learning, gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and such like, the spice and salt that season a man

When you're a man you try and be macho.

Violence is a choice a man makes and he alone is responsible for it.