Man Quotes About Greatness
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.” – Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States
“The superior man is he who develops, in harmonious proportions, his moral, intellectual, and physical nature. – This should be the end at which men of all classes should aim, and it is this only which constitutes real greatness.” – Douglas William Jerrold | English dramatist and writer
“It is not necessary for a man to be actively bad in order to make a failure in life; simple inaction will accomplish it. Nature has everywhere written her protest against idleness; everything which ceases to struggle toward an ideal, the constant effort to get higher and further, which develops manhood and character.” – James Terry White | American publisher, poet
“Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.” – Benjamin Disraeli |British politician and writer
“Men of ideas and men of action have much to learn from each other, and the truly great are men of both action and abstraction.” –Jack Donovan | American author
“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.” – Norman Mailer | American novelist, journalist
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“A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.” – Winston Churchill | British statesman
“If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, ‘I awake to do the work of a man.” – Marcus Aurelius | Emperor of Rome
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men—between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant—is energy, invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then—death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.” – Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton | English politician, reformer
“The search after the great men is the dream of youth and the most serious occupation of manhood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson | American essayist, lecturer, poet
If anything, at least remember the last quote we have for you.
“One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | German writer and statesman
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Do you know any other great man quotes that inspire you? Share the wisdom in the comments, please.
