Adopted Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

A real 'gentleman' is a truly noble man. He is a man worthy to command, a man of integrity, capable of exposing, even sacrificing…

— Kathleen Scott

A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle--men whose…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“I am not quite the person to decide on another's gentlemanliness, Miss Hale. I mean, I don't quite understand your application of the word.…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and possessed of…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

A gentleman is one who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share othe world and lets other…

— Paul G. Hoffman

A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return…

— William Hazlitt

A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.

— Oscar Wilde

It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral…

— Antonio Gramsci

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby…

— Confucius

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

— George Bernard Shaw

What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise,…

— William Makepeace Thackeray