Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius
A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. — Robert E. Lee
But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man! — Charles Alexander Eastman
A man's word and his intestinal fortitude are two of the most honorable virtues known to mankind. — Jim Nantz
A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
I’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being. — Logan Lerman
A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society. — Epictetus
Real man is someone who handles his responsibilities. Take care of all of his responsibilities. No matter how, by any means take care of your situations. — 50 Cent
Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff. — Ice T
The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness. — Confucius
a real man is happy and eager to live by your rules, as long as he knows what the rules are and he's sure that abiding by those rules will help keep the woman he loves happy — Steve Harvey
Short True Man Quotes
When a man is in the right path, he must persevere. — P. T. Barnum
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. — Isaac Newton
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. — Thomas Aquinas
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures. — John Bunyan
There are many things given to us in this life for the wrong reasons. What we do with such blessings, that is the true test of a man. — Gannicus
The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else. — John Bunyan
It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp. — Plutarch
Do not correct a fool or he will hate you. Correct a wise man and he will appreciate you.
True Man Love Quotes
Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love. — Bernard of Clairvaux
The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead. — Marilyn Monroe
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugliness. — Rodney Dangerfield
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife. — Franz Schubert
Togetherness, passion, laughter, faith, trust, and jealousy are the essential ingredients of love — Shahrukh Khan
It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control your that means everyone can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.
Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost. — Steven Moffat
The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet! — Philip Neri
It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more than an orgy of the common man. Instead of being a sudden impulse full of ardor and reverie, it becomes a distastefully utilitarian affair. — Charles Baudelaire
Love is not a business. It's not a transaction. It's not an exchange or something you get for doing something it's not a trade. It's a gift! — Tony Robbins
The True Strength Of A Man Quotes
Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength. — Dante Alighieri
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. — Benjamin Franklin
It is not true that a man's intellectual power is, like the strength of a timber beam, to be measured by its weakest point. — George Eliot
Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.
The man armed with knowledge has a better chance of survival than the man who is simply the fittest. Knowledge is the true strength. Muscle is where the myth is. — Suzy Kassem
True Measure Of A Man Quotes
The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give. — Philip K. Dick
The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. — Marcus Aurelius
Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain. — Sidney Poitier
Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.
The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego. — Albert Einstein
The measure of a man cannot be whether he ever makes mistakes, because he will make mistakes. It's what he does in response to his mistakes. The same is true of companies. We have to apologize, we have to fix the problem, and we have to learn from our mistakes. — Wil Shipley
The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close. — Alma Katsu
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute. The man who does not ask, is a fool for life.
How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man. — Brian Herbert
The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up. — Vince Lombardi
How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight of what consumes and excites their inner drive. — Suzy Kassem
Real Man Quotes
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. — Henry Ford
Although some people felt Adolf Hitler was bad, he was a great man and a real conqueror whose name would never be forgotten. — Idi Amin
I hear you guys all the time talking about Daniel Bryan, trained by Shawn Michaels. One curious thing to me is, how come you guys never mention William Regal? William Regal did the real work with this young man. Shawn Michaels took $3,000 from him, that's all he ever did. — CM Punk
Today's woman puts on wigs, fake eyelashes, false nails, sixteen pounds of make-up/shadows/blushes/creams, living bras, various pads that would make a linebacker envious, has implants and assorted other surgeries, then complains that she cannot find a 'real' man — Maynard James Keenan
A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
She makes one happy, then miserable. You are to her kind, then unkind. Constant yet inconstant. Thus we have WOMAN. No real man can do without her. — Marcus Garvey
Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat. — Joanne Woodward
The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it. — Adam Smith
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. — Thomas Paine
True Woman Quotes
The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true. — Valentino Rossi
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years. — Audrey Hepburn
Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom.
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth. — Ellen G. White
True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. — Audrey Hepburn
A woman's true power lies in her ability to inspire and support her man. — Andrew Tate
Travel and tell no one, live a true love story and tell no one, live happily and tell no one, people ruin beautiful things.
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful. — Swami Vivekananda
And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before. — Robert James Waller
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. — Coco Chanel
It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share. — A. N. Wilson
it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. — Charles Dickens
It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet.
The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. — Puzant Kevork Thomajan
A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude. — Oscar Wilde
We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law. — Jack Cade
I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman. — Myrna Loy
The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilities of others. This is the one quality, over all others, necessary to make a gentleman. — William Gilmore Simms
A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others. — Confucius
No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. — Charles Dickens
True Person Quotes
If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once. — Tupac Shakur
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. — Leo Tolstoy
A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. — Thurgood Marshall
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry. — Hosea Ballou
In anything I do I try to stay true to myself because I think that's what matters most, and then the challenge is getting all these different sides of my personality to fit together in one box. It isn't an easy task. But that's basically what the end result represents. — G-Eazy
It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God's greatest gifts are given. — Wintley Phipps
I believe that we start to see our true personalities when we go through the most difficult moments. This is when we get stronger — Ayrton Senna
Strong Man Quotes
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. — John C. Maxwell
A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man. If he's not about liberation, if he's not about struggle, if he ain't about building a strong Black family, if he ain't about building a strong Black nation, then he ain't about nothing. — Assata Shakur
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think. — Mark Twain
Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman. — Benito Mussolini
As long as I breathe I hope. As long as I breathe I shall fight for the future, that radiant future, in which man, strong and beautiful, will become master of the drifting stream of his history and will direct it towards the boundless horizons of beauty, joy and happiness! — Leon Trotsky
The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman. — T. D. Jakes
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible. — John Steinbeck
Nothing is impossible for a man with a strong will. The possible is in store only for a man who loves the future. There is no word "impossible" in the Korean language. — Kim Jong Il
I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone — Katharine Hepburn
True Hero Quotes
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. — Assata Shakur
I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’ irritates me greatly – the opposite is true – I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little. — Irena Sendler
Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the essence of their people. A people without heroes is a people without leaders, for only a heroic leader is a true leader able to withstand the challenge of difficult times. — Rudolf Hess
A true hero protects his identiy, not out of fear, but out of humility. — Jessica Jung
The people are the true heroes, for it is they who create history. — Xi Jinping
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams. — Dot Richardson
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. — Dalai Lama
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. — Kevin Costner
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain
The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil. — Leonard Ravenhill
Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness. — Fulton J. Sheen
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness. — Napoleon Bonaparte
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins and to regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. — Justin Martyr
A man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him. — Aleister Crowley
There are free men with the spirit of a slave, and slaves whose spirit is full of freedom. He who is true to his inner self is a free man, while he whose entire life is merely a stage for what is good and beautiful in the eyes of others, is a slave. — Abraham Isaac Kook
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true Self. Man’s search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end. — Ramana Maharshi
No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too. — Diogenes
Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false, and the false with the true. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage. — Agnes Repplier
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true. — Hedy Lamarr
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare
The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being; the true God is ever with him. — Kabir
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. — Akhenaton
The new creation is created after God in righteousness and true holiness. The new man is after God, like God, godlike, complete in Jesus Christ. The new creation is just like God. May I say it like this, "You are a little god on earth running around." — Benny Hinn
Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization. — Swami Vivekananda
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. — George Washington
Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man. — Theodore Martin
This it is to be a man of the highest type: to be and not seem; to do and not simply to talk; to have the right ideal, the true motive and patiently to transform conduct in accordance with it. — Ossian Everett Mills
The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization. — Luther Standing Bear
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. — F. H. Bradley
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