#Masculinity Quotes

“If it be you that stirs these daughters' heartsAgainst their father, fool me not so muchTo bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger,And let not women's weapons, water drops,Stain my man's cheeks.”

“war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.”

“Fields' reply: He'd think I was a sissy.”

“I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by his heroism, virtue, and honour. I think the best these men can do is not talk about themselves anymore.”

“How can I be a man if there is no role model?”

“The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.”

“Weasel words from mollycoddles will never do when the day demands prophetic clarity from greathearts. Manly men must emerge for this hour of trial.”

“I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.”

“For a male person bric-a-brac hunting is about as robust a business as making doll-clothes.”

“If you're embarrassed because you have some notion about how men are supposed to behave, and it doesn't include weeping, then you have some personal work to do.”

“The feminine values are the fountain of bliss. Know the masculine, Keep to the feminine.”

“Only he who is man enough will release the woman in woman.”

“I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me.”

“I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour!”

“It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be!-None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that distain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.”

“For I have been a man, and that means to have been a fighter.”

“Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.”

“When we consider the weak and nerveless periods of some literary men, who perchance in feet and inches come up to the standard oftheir race, and are not deficient in girth also, we are amazed at the immense sacrifice of thews and sinews. What! these proportions, these bones,--and this their work! Hands which could have felled an ox have hewed this fragile matter which would not have tasked a lady's fingers! Can this be a stalwart man's work, who has a marrow in his back and a tendon Achilles in his heel?”

“Masculine exhalations are, as a rule, stronger, more vivid,more widely differentiated than those of women. In the odor of young men there is something elemental, as of fire, storm, and salt sea. It pulsates with buoyancy and desire. It suggests all the things strong and beautiful and joyous and gives me a sense of physical happiness.”

“If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.”

“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. You are here today for three reasons. First, because you are here to defend your homes and your loved ones. Second, you are here for your own self respect, because you would not want to be anywhere else. Third, you are here because you are real men and all real men like to fight.”

“Boys do cry, but I don't think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years.”

“The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.”

“Growing a beard is a habit most natural, Scriptural, manly and beneficial.”

“Authentic men aren't afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they're sad, admit it when they're wrong, and ask for help when they need it.”

“I'll be back always sounded a little girly to me.”

“Men shouldn't feel like fags just because they want to have nice-looking bodies.”

“When I was playing soccer at the age of 14, the first thing we'd do before going out onto the field would be to climb up on one another's thighs and massage the legs; it was a regular thing. None of us had a thought of being gay, absolutely not, and it's the same with most bodybuilders.”