#manliness

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

— David Gest

#man #manliness #worry #you #your

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#figure #find #i #i am #i think

I'll be the judge of my own manliness. ↗

— Dennis Rodman

#judge #manliness #my own #own

Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#domination #fall #false #manliness #mastery

A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a man, if you are surely that. . . ↗

— George Meredith

#men #women #forgiveness

The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#anatomy #biological #biology #brain #cognition

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#antagonistic #discernment #foolishness #insecure #insecurity

Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men. ↗

— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

#manliness #poverty #upbringing #men

I am a man," he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone, woman, and bring me something brown." "Brown?" Isabelle made a face. "Brown is a manly color," said Jace, and yanked on a stray lock of Isabelle's hair with his free hand. "In fact, look-Alec is wearing it." Alec looked mournfully down at his sweater. "It was black," he said. "But then it faded." "You could dress it up with a sequined headband," Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. "Just a thought. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#funny #manliness #pink #sequins #men

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#first #inspire #man #manliness #others