Character Quote by James Freeman Clarke

I don't know enough about manliness to define it.

— Ryan Gosling

Manliness has been defined as assertion of the self. Womanliness has been defined as the nurturing of selves other than our own - even…

— Barbara Deming

If you're a man, you don't have to worry about your manliness.

— David Gest

The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is more generally…

— Anthony Trollope

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

— William Shenstone

When someone tells a man to be a man, they mean that there is a way to be a man. A man is not…

— Jack Donovan

Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that in more…

— Julius Adams Stratton

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

— Thomas Huxley

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never…

— John Wayne

“I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief? Does he…

— Sophia Loren

A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands right and…

— Benjamin Franklin

What a man is: that is to say, personality, in the widest sense of the word; under which are included health, strength, beauty, temperament,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer