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  A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

  David Brinkley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. [...] A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza.

  Herman Cain

  Crazy, Stupid, Believe

  "A Pizza Party with Herman Cain". Interview with Devin Gordon, Alan Richman and Chris Heath, www.gq.com. November 13, 2011.

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• Don't let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.

  Mae West

  Umbrella

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• The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Beauty, Stature

  Michel de Montaigne, George Savile Marquis of Halifax (1743). “Montaigne's Essays in Three Books: With Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator”, p.525

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• To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards of men.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Silence, Coward, Should

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• The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

  Leo Strauss

  Wise, Meaningful, Silence

  Leo Strauss (1978). “Thoughts on Machiavelli”, p.30, University of Chicago Press

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• I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.

  Josh Billings

  Silence, Care, Few Words

  "Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings". 1865.

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• I will say, just being here, God is good, man.

  Derrick Rose

  Good Man, Just Being

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• The absurd man is he who never changes.

  Auguste-Marseille Barthelemy

  Change, Justice, Diversity

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• If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Inspiring, Thankful

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you

  Charles Dickens

  Business, Clever, Literature

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• Success has made failures of many men.

  Cindy Adams

  Women, Congratulations, Made

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• Every man's in his own hands, with a little help from his brothers.

  Janet Morris

  Loyalty, Determination, Brother

  Janet Morris (1986). “Beyond Sanctuary”, Ace Books

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• A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A true gentleman never leaves his lady.

  Alessandro Del Piero

  Women, Leaving, Gentleman

  "Goodbye Mr Juventus" by Luca Cetta, www.football-italia.net. May 23, 2012.

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• No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• A man with a grain of faith in God never loses hope, because he ever believes in the ultimate triumph of Truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Believe, Triumph

  Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India, 1924-1926”

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• Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Truthful, Contracts

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• A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Military, Elderly, Opinion

  "Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1917.

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  A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Being Strong, Wisdom, Stay Strong

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Leadership”, p.18, David C Cook

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Happiness, Children, Real

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• A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

  Confucius

  Leadership, Dance, Teacher

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Men don't want anything they get too easy. But on the other hand, men lose interest quickly.

  Tennessee Williams

  Hands, Want, Easy

  Tennessee Williams (2004). “A Streetcar Named Desire”, p.94, New Directions Publishing

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