“Poverty demoralizes. A man in debt is so far a slave; and Wall-street thinks it easy for a millionaire to be a man of his word, aman of honor, but, that, in failing circumstances, no man can be relied on to keep his integrity.” ThinkingMenEasyPovertyFailingStreetsWallHonorCircumstancesIntegritySlaveDebtBe A ManMillionaire Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully becomes a woman. That's cool. But, I really don't get how there's only two choices. There's no two of anything else in the entire universe; why should there only be two genders? I don't get it.” MenWantShouldTwoChoicesUniverseBecomingHonorGenderBe A ManTwo ChoicesBecoming A Man Author:Kate Bornstein
“Because he had not done what she, with her heart in her mouth, had hoped he would do, which was to be a man: deny everything, and swear on his life it was not true, and grow indignant at the false accusation, and shout curses at this ill-begotten society that did not hesitate to trample on one's honor, and remain imperturbable even when forced with crushing proofs of his disloyalty.” MenHeartDoneGrowsHonorMouthsIllDenyProofCurseCrushSwearBe A ManAccusationDisloyaltyIndignantFalse Accusation Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Can a man who lies, cheats, steals, and sometimes does violence to other people be a man of honor? Kolabati looked into his eyes. "He can if he lies to liars, cheats cheaters, steals from thieves, and limits his violence to those who are violent.” PeopleIfsMenDoeSometimesEyeLyingViolenceHonorLimitsViolentStealingHis EyesLiarsThievesCheatBe A ManCheater Book:The Tomb Source: The Tomb