--- title: "12 Man Needed Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Man Needed quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Man Needed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/robert-vaughn-11483_achievement_man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some_357569.jpg" --- > [Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-vaughn/man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some-form-of-a-continuity-of/) [Robert Vaughn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-vaughn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/robert-vaughn-11483_achievement_man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some_357569.jpg) > [“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-be-needed/) [Jo Nesbø](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-nesb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg) > [A boy becomes a man when a man is needed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/john-steinbeck-71_boys_a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed_2720405.jpg) > [“He couldn’t be the type of guy she probably deserved—someone her own age without baggage or complications. But he could be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelly-bell/he-couldn-t-be-the-type-of-guy-she-probably-deserved-someone-her-own/) [Shelly Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelly-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/shelly-bell-57570_deserved_he-couldn-t-be-the-type-of-guy-she-proba_819317.jpg) > [“A man needed fire in his veins to burn through the world, not ice to freeze everything in place.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamila-shamsie/a-man-needed-fire-in-his-veins-to-burn-through-the-world-not-ice-to/) [Kamila Shamsie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamila-shamsie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/kamila-shamsie-8166_burn_a-man-needed-fire-in-his-veins-to-burn-t_2933194.jpg) > [“He had seen enough conflict and combat in his life to know that man needed a reason to hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-watts-jr/he-had-seen-enough-conflict-and-combat-in-his-life-to-know-that-man/) [David Watts Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-watts-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/david-watts-jr-108866_life_he-had-seen-enough-conflict-and-combat-i_638401.jpg) > [“Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/maybe-he-wouldn-t-end-up-the-kind-of-man-who-needed-to-use-his-body/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/yaa-gyasi-16869_black-man_maybe-he-wouldn-t-end-up-the-kind-of-man_1630500.jpg) > [A boy gets to be a man when a man is needed. Remember this thing. I have known boys forty years old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-boy-gets-to-be-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed-remember-this-thing-i/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/john-steinbeck-71_be-a-man_a-boy-gets-to-be-a-man-when-a-man-is-nee_2666748.jpg) > [“His kind of man needed to lift up his eyes and look as far as possible beyond his own small, limited patch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-seethaler/his-kind-of-man-needed-to-lift-up-his-eyes-and-look-as-far-as/) [Robert Seethaler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-seethaler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/robert-seethaler-44484_quote_his-kind-of-man-needed-to-lift-up-his-ey_1555410.jpg) > [“I wanted to be the man she needed, one she could look up to, and who would always love and care for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-moreland/i-wanted-to-be-the-man-she-needed-one-she-could-look-up-to-and-who/) [Melanie Moreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-moreland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/melanie-moreland-26863_love-and-care_i-wanted-to-be-the-man-she-needed-one-sh_1186217.jpg) > [A man needed somebody. There wasn't anybody around, so you had to make up somebody, make him up to be like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/a-man-needed-somebody-there-wasn-t-anybody-around-so-you-had-to-make/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/charles-bukowski-73_believe_a-man-needed-somebody-there-wasn-t-anybo_1289673.jpg) > [“If needs must, she could do those things for herself-or find another man. And yet...she needed him-would mourn his loss if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/if-needs-must-she-could-do-those-things-for-herself-or-find-another/) [Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/diana-gabaldon-185_another-man_if-needs-must-she-could-do-those-things_739178.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-needed/#itemlist", "name": "Man Needed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Vaughn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-vaughn/man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some-form-of-a-continuity-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/robert-vaughn-11483_achievement_man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some_357569.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/robert-vaughn-11483_achievement_man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some_357569.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/robert-vaughn-11483_achievement_man-has-always-needed-to-believe-in-some_357569.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement.” — Robert Vaughn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jo Nesbø" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-nesb/there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-be-needed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/jo-nesb-2258_quote_there-s-a-strong-social-urge-in-man-to-b_1345378.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There’s a strong social urge in man to be needed,” — Jo Nesbø", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A boy becomes a man when a man is needed", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/john-steinbeck-71_boys_a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed_2720405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/john-steinbeck-71_boys_a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed_2720405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/john-steinbeck-71_boys_a-boy-becomes-a-man-when-a-man-is-needed_2720405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A boy becomes a man when a man is needed” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He couldn’t be the type of guy she probably deserved—someone her own age without baggage or complications. 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