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Quotes About Manly

I fear not," Hamilcar said gravely, shaking his head. "It seems to be the fate of all nations, that as they grow in wealth so they lose their manly virtues. With wealth comes corruption, indolence, a reluctance to make sacrifices, and a weakening of the feeling of patriotism.
~ G.A. Henty
Manly he had been, yet womanly too, as though Brigit, the order's Patroness, had given him something of Herself through the music he played.
~ Gael Baudino
Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains.
~ John Boyle O'Reilly
I love winter clothes. For me, it is all about choosing great materials and getting the right cut for your body - and then styling it right. For example, I love an oversized manly jacket, but I'll team it with some girly heels.
~ Jeanne Damas
The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud - that's manly.
~ Blake Shelton
I wasn't an indecisive person, because I could make decisions easily. Decisions making is easy when you don't care which way the decision goes. But please, I'm not a milquetoast guy. Sometimes I'd specifically go out of my way to be stubborn just to show how manly I could be.
~ Stuart Land
It is astounding how women influence our entire ambit, and that's in this 'manly' world! They amaze you, don't they? And man, we get amazed!
~ Nikhil Bhardwaj, O Amor
But manly sette the world on six and sevene;And if thow deye a martyr, go to hevene!
~ Geoffrey Chaucer
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together-humble dependence and manly independence; humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
~ William Wordsworth
The sea - the truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
~ Joseph Conrad
Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.
~ Homer
Not the scream of a startled little girl, mind you, but a manly scream: the scream of a fellow who has caught his enormous dong in a revolving door while charging
~ Christopher Moore
Not the scream of a startled little girl, mind you, but a manly scream: the scream of a fellow who has caught his enormous dong in a revolving door while charging in to save a baby that was on fire or something.
~ Christopher Moore
5:16 I shotgun two beers, piss out the bedroom window, catcall passing girls, burp violently, put cage fighting on tv, play with myself. I feel manly again.
~ Tucker Max
I don't see how Clary is something we have in common,' Simon said, although he did. Nevertheless, this wasn't a conversation he particularly wanted to have with Jace now, or, in fact, ever. Wasn't there some sort of manly code that precluded discussions like this--discussions about feelings ?
~ Cassandra Clare
Is this some manly bonding thing I can't be a part of? Are you getting matching haircuts?
~ Cassandra Clare
indifferent to his manly display. With her free hand, she scooped up his discarded sword belt and heaved it down the hill, where it tangled
~ Glynnis Campbell
Love is swift, sincere, pious, pleasant, gentle, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, manly and never seeking her own; for wheresoever a man seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.
~ Thomas a Kempis
His noble earnestness, his fidelity, his gallant shielding of her, his generous conquest of his own wrong and his own pride for her sake, are simply honourable, manly, and true. Nothing less worthy can be seen through the lustre of such qualities in the commonest mechanic, nothing less worthy can be seen in the best-born gentleman. In such a light both aspire alike, both rise alike, both children of the dust shine equally.
~ Charles Dickens
Tell me again what we're doing here, I said, running a continuous scan of our surroundings. Fang popped some Cracker Jack into his mouth. We're here to watch manly men do manly things. I followed Fang's line of sight: He was watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who were not doing manly things, by any stretch of the imagination.
~ James Patterson
Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth...
~ Thomas Moore
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
~ Robert E. Lee
But the whole circumstances of time, place, and incident, combined at once to awaken his imagination, and to call upon him for a manly and decisive tone of conduct, leaving to fate to dispose of the issue. Should
~ Walter Scott
His voice was low and manly,
~ Cheryl Bolen