John Wayne Quotes

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

I want you to consider this distinction as you go forward in life. Being male is not enough; being a man is a right to be earned and an honor to be cherished. I cannot tell you how to earn that right or deserve that honor. . . but I can tell you that the formation of your manhood must be a conscious act governed by the highest vision of the man you want to be.

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I believe when a woman enters a room, men should stand up - and gay men should stand up at least halfway.

I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.

Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.

I'm a southern gentleman.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

I'm a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

If you look at men's roles for the last thousand years, the desire is fundamental. We want to take care of, provide for, and be of service to... women.

I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.

I prefer men to boys. To clear it up, it's not about an older or younger thing. It's a mindset, not age. There are 18-year-old men out there and there are 40-year-old boys.

I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Gentlemen don't do that.

Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.

I'm a proper man.

There's a big difference between chauvinism and chivalry.

Duty is the essence of manhood.