#manhood

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#maturity #strength-of-character #maturity

Sometimes a wild horse needs to feel that his rider is just a little bit wilder. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#fantasy #horse #ruby #strength-through-adversity #womanhood

Boys, men," she said. "They're all the same. They think that this [their manhood] is something special and they're all so proud of it. They do not know how ridiculous it is. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#men #men

If boys don't learn, men won't know. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#men #men

Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood. ↗

— William Allen White

#god #got #heart #justice #kills

we (modern society) make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#education #ethics #manhood #morality #parenting

Women are extraordinary creatures! ↗

— Roman Payne

#extraordinary #extraordinary-women #fashion #gender #gender-equality

Whenever a woman strengthens the faith of a child, she contributes to the strength of a family - now and in the future. ↗

— The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

#faith #womanhood #faith

Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness; to consider that, while all things were of minor consequence in comparison to the right to worship God in freedom and purity, yet that a man should be fearless of death, ready to defend his rights, but with moderation and without pushing them to the injury of others; that he should be grave and decorous of speech, and yet of a gay and cheerful spirit. ↗

— G.A. Henty

#christian-manhood #deportment #death

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did. ↗

— Mark Driscoll

#manhood #masculinity #risk #friendship