37 Inspirational Quotes for The American Man

by Winston Hughes on 01/09/14

Action is character. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man can be destroyed but not defeated. -Ernest Hemingway

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. - Daniel Boone

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie

Beware the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden

Believe you can and you're halfway there. -Theodore Roosevelt

Courage is action, not talk. -Jeff Rich

Courage is being scared to death & saddling up any way! -John Wayne

Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. -Richard E. Byrd

Got an issue, get a tissue. -Jeff Rich

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! -Theodore Roosevelt

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. -Amos Bronson Alcott

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. -Daniel Boone

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. -George S. Patton

I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. -Davy Crockett

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

If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. -John Wayne

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. -Warren Buffett

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. -George S. Patton

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride. -Warren Buffett

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. -Mark Twain

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins. -Native American Proverb

Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. -Roger Bacon

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris

Men are born to succeed, not to fail. -Henry David Thoreau

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. -Theodore Roosevelt

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. -John Wayne

The mountains are calling and I must go. -John Muir

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. -Theodore Roosevelt

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. - Elijah Wood

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. -Theodore Roosevelt

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. -George S. Patton

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. -John Wesley Powell

When I'm sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True Story. -Barney Stinson

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't: You're right. -Henry Ford

You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. -Rocky Balboa

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