“The deeper purpose of a more positive attitude toward men is a better life for the children who are parented by the men who are their dads and stepdads; less shame for our sons who will become men; and, for our daughters, a deeper understanding of men's desire to please that leaves them feeling their willingness to please is not unrequited but returned - allowing our daughters to feel less lonely and more loved. If we earn more and love less, we pay for a home in which we do not live.” IfsMenFeelsChildrenFeelingsHomeDesirePurposeUnderstandingPayAttitudeHe ManSonDadPleaseDaughterLonelyAnd LoveShameDeeperPositive AttitudeWillingnessAllowingBetter LifeUnrequitedOur DaughterDeeper UnderstandingStepdads Author:Warren Farrell
“After all, there is such a thing as looking like a gentleman. There are men whose class no dirt or rags can hide, any more than they could Ulysses. I have seen such men in plenty among workmen, too; but, on the whole, the gentleman--by whom I do not mean just now the rich--have the superiority in that point. But not, please God, forever. Give us the same air, water, exercise, education, good society, and you will see whether this "haggardness," this "coarseness" (etc., for the list is too long to specify), be an accident, or a property, of the man of the people.” PeopleMenGivingMeanLongWholeWaterClassForeverRichAirHe ManExercisePleasePropertyAccidentsListsPlentyGentlemanEtcDirtSuperiorityRagsWorkmenUlysses Author:Charles Kingsley
“The particular source of frustration of women observing their own self-study and measuring their worth as women by the distance they kept from men necessitated that a distance be kept, and so what vindicated them also poured fuel on the furnace of their rage. One delight presumed another dissatisfaction, but their hatefulness confessed to their own lack of power to please. They hated men because they needed husbands, and they loathed the men they chased away for going.” MenSelfStudyWifeParticularHe ManSourceNeededPleaseHusbandMen And WomenDistanceDelightRageHatedFuelFrustrationObservingDissatisfactionMeasuringFurnacesVindicated Author:Alexander Theroux
“The man abandoned by his friends, one after another, without just cause, will acquire, the reputation of being hard to please, changeable, ungrateful, unsociable.” MenHardCausesHe ManFriendsPleaseReputationAcquireAbandonedUngrateful Author:Philibert Joseph Roux
“The men of God are like fishes in the ocean; they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere, as they please.” MenViewsHe ManPleaseOceanFishesPopsSurfaceHere And ThereMan Of God Author:Rumi
“The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.” MenTryingMindKindHelpingChristEffectsHe ManGeniusPleaseLaborNeighborSinnerRoughArtificialEdification Author:Richard Cecil
“The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.” MenHe ManPleaseUnhappy Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“You lose nothing by being polite. The answer is 'No', but please say it politely and give the reasons. ... Explain to me why 'No'. Don't change 'No' to 'Yes'. Don't be a fool. If there was a good reason why it is 'No', it must remain 'No', but the man must be told politely.” IfsMenGivingReasonLosesAnswersHe ManFoolPleaseReason WhyPoliteDon't ChangeBeing Polite Author:Mr. Lee