Gentlemen’s Gallery: Quotes and Images that Define Being a Guy

Explore the diverse world of masculinity through our curated collection of Quotes About Guys. From humor to wisdom, love to strength, discover a range of perspectives that celebrate and reflect on the essence of being a man. Whether you seek inspiration, laughter, or insights into the male experience, our website is your go-to destination for meaningful and memorable quotes about guys.

Inspirational Quotes About Guys

Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice. — Edwin Louis Cole

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein

If Boys don’t learn, men won’t know. Douglas Wilson

Manhood is the defeat of childhood narcissism. –David Gilmore

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.— Edmund Burke

Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. –Jack Donovan

Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be. –James Freeman Clarke

A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job. –John Wayne

Men and women have strengths that complement each other. Edwin Louis Cole

A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself. –John Ruskin

It is not the situation which makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. –Frederick William Robertson

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men. –Elisabeth Elliott

A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all. –Camille Paglia

Adversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life, but that he has surmounted them. –Patrick Henry

There never was yet a truly great man, that was not at the same time truly virtuous. –Benjamin Franklin

Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. –Benjamin Disraeli

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. –The Bible

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. –Marcus Aurelius

No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child. –Abraham Lincoln

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others Thomas Alcott said

Duty is the essence of manhood. General George Patton

Genius is the power of carrying the feelings of manhood into the powers of manhood. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God. Edwin Louis Cole

Manhood and Christlikeness are Synonymous. Edwin Louis Cole

Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong. Paul the Apostle

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others. John Eldredge

Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men’s movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable. John Eldredge

There is nothing noble being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Winston Churchill

But as for you, O man of God, flee evil. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Paul the Apostle

A real man loves his wife and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father. Frank Abagnale

We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. — Albert Einstein

Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow. — Mahatma Gandhi

Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. — Mark Twain

When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out. — Eleanor Roosevelt

When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world. — Norman Vincent Peale

It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest. — Walter Anderson

Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together. — Diane McLaren

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength. – Theodore Roosevelt

The first step to being a good man is this: You must deeply feel the burden of the stones some else [is] carrying. – Mehmet Murat İldan

If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. – Henry David Thoreau

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. – James Froude

Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. – Bruce Lee

You spend time with your family? Good. Because a man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man. – Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather

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

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. – James 1:12

Guy Quotes About Life

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. –Mark Twain

If you perform the sacrifice of doing your duty, you do not have to do anything else. Devoted to duty, man attains perfection. – Bhagavad Gita

Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world. – Muhammad Ali

You will earn the respect of all men if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. – Musonius Rufus

Just remember, there are no quick fixes. But, by taking action just a little bit every day, you will build up a powerful reservoir of confidence, self-esteem, and discipline. – Scott Allan

You should think in such a way that everybody could look into your soul and see what is transpiring there. – Seneca

The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice. – Samuel Smiles

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. – Martin Luther King Jr.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe – Anatole France

The ability to sell yourself and your skills and expertise will empower you and build confidence, not only within yourself but within all aspects of your career in general. – Jack Warren

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming. – Søren Kierkegaard

To be disciplined or non-disciplined is a choice you make every minute in every hour of your life. – Russell Gerald Johnston

Happiness isn’t about making more money, but rather freedom. The freedom to say no to things you don’t want to do. The freedom to say no to people you don’t like. The freedom to not feel like you are obligated to say yes. Freedom is saying yes when you want to. – Shane Parrish

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. – George Savile

My idea of the modern stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Samuel Jackson.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. – Henry Ward Beecher

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you. – Tony Robbins

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears however measured or far away. – Henry David Thoreau

Stick to the basics. Do your job. Avoid stupidity. Speak for yourself. Be attentive to details. Put results ahead of being right. Go to bed smarter than when you woke up. – Shane Parrish

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. – Ernest Hemingway

If a man can reduce his needs to zero, he is truly free: there is nothing that can be taken from him and nothing anyone can do to hurt him…And he or she can also be still. – John Boyd

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t’were his own. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

During the day you should behave in such a way that you can sleep at night in peace, and in your youth, you should behave in such a way that you can live in your old age in peace. – Indian proverb

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. – Franklin Jones

It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all. – Dixie Carter

Being a ‘good man’ is something you do, not something you are. – Luvvie Ajayi

The good man is the friend of all living things. – Mahatma Gandhi

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains. – Maxim Gorky

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. – Plato

I’m a good man, and I’m gonna become a better man. – Chance The Rapper

A good man is a good man, whether in this church or out of it. – Brigham Young

I’m a good man and a bad fighter… I’ve got the gladiator in me. – Chris Eubank Sr.

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. – Samuel Richardson

It really is true that an orator is simply a good man who speaks well. – George McGovern

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad. –Johann Kaspar Lavater

It makes a big difference when men respect women. There are a lot of men who don’t, so that’s the main quality that would make a good man a great man. – Stephanie Sigman

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

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. – Sallust

The mark of a real man is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. – JoyBell C.

To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name. – Burl Ives

The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world. – Suzanne Curchod

You have to have a bunch of dimensions of yourself. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can’t be a nice guy living in a world of savages. – Mike Tyson

One good man, one good man, it ain’t much – it’s only everything. – Deborah Kerr

The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better. – John Dewey

What a man knows should find its expression in what he does. The value of superior knowledge is chiefly in that it leads to a performing manhood. – Christian Nestell Bovee

A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him. – Saul Bellow

A good man cares equally, whether it is for the rich and poor, the young and old, or even the animals. –Unknown

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t Settle. – Steve Jobs

Quotes About A Guy You Like

I love you and I like you. — Parks & Recreation

I love you very much, probably more than anybody could love another person. — 50 First Dates

I love you. I know. — Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back

But I love you. I’m totally and completely in love with you, and I don’t care if you think it’s too late. I’m telling you anyway. — No Strings Attached

Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’ — Erich Fromm

I love you… I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope and every dream I’ve ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, every day we are together is the greatest day of my life. — The Notebook

If I tell you I love you, can I keep you forever? — Casper

I promise to love you forever; every single day of forever. — Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. — Pablo Neruda, Love Sonnett XVII

I just wanna go over there and kiss him. How can I kiss him without letting him know that I like him? — Friends

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. — Dr. Seuss

We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness— and call it love— true love. — Robert Fulghum, True Love

Love is quivering happiness. — Khalil Gibran, Love Letters in the Sand: The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran

As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

I wish I knew how to quit you. — Brokeback Mountain

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. — Mark Twain

I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly. — You’ve Got Mail

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine. — Maya Angelou

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life… to strengthen each other… to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. — George Eliot, Adam Bede

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure/Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow. — John Lennon, Mind Games

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart. — Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study

Love never claims, it ever gives. Love never suffers, never resents, never revenges itself. — Gandhi

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. — Robert Frost

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. — Helen Keller

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. — A.A. Milne

Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am home again. Whenever I’m alone with you, you make me feel like I am whole again. — The Cure, Lovesong

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow— this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I exist in two places: Here and where you are. — Margaret Atwood

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever. — Alfred Tennyson

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. — Zora Neale Hurston

You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever. — Love & Other Drugs

We loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe

I’m happiest when I’m being myself and I’m myself when I’m with you. — What’s Your Number?

Three words. Eight letters. Say it, and I’m yours. — Gossip Girl

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. — Bil Keane

You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not. — Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time. — Julia Child

You’re the first boy I ever kissed… and I want you to be the last — Sweet Home Alabama

Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. — Franklin P. Jones

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. — Sam Keen, To Love and Be Loved

How lucky am I to have someone who makes saying goodbye so hard. — A.A. Milne

I love that you are my person and I am yours, that whatever door we come to, we will open it together. — A.R. Asher

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Most of my life I felt alone, even when I was with people. That was until I met you. — Pretty Little Liars

I love our story. Sure it’s messy, but it’s the story that got us here. — How I Met Your Mother

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. — Mignon McLaughlin

Sometimes I can’t see myself when I’m with you. I can only just see you. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. — Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. — Maya Angelou

True love stories never have endings. — Richard Bach

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. — Brian Tracy

She knew she loved him when ‘home’ went from being a place to being a person. — E. Leventhal

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. — Ann Landers

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever. — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away. – Elbert Hubbard

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman’s Odyssey

I saw that you were perfect and I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more. — Angelita Lim

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space. — Marilyn Monroe

Funny Quotes About Guys

I’ve fallen in love. I’m an ordinary woman. I didn’t think such violent things could happen to ordinary people. — Brief Encounter

Love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. — Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

Love is being stupid together. — Paul Valéry

You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. — Albert Einstein

Come live in my heart and pay no rent. — Samuel Lover

I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. — Rita Rudner

Love is telling someone their hair extensions are showing. — Natasha Leggero

Love is something eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence. — Vincent Van Gogh

Love is sharing your popcorn. — Charles Schultz

I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it? — Jean Illsley Clarke

You’re the cheese to my pizza. ―Unknown

Forget the sweetness of chocolate, you’re my sweet crush. ―Unknown

Let’s be excited and wonderful about our crush feelings. ―Unknown

In a room full of masterpieces of art, I would still stare at you. ―Unknown

My fears forgotten in the golden harbor of his arms. — Madeline Miller

Talking to my crush seems like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube with my mouth. — Unknown

My crush is like a pack of chocolates. You will never know what you will get, but I’m excited to taste every flavor. — Unknown

Whenever I’m close to my crush, my brain goes on a vacation and leaves me with nothing but gibberish. — Unknown

My favorite place is to stay together with you. ―Unknown

Wanna hear something funny? What? I think I started liking you.― Jenny Han

I am head over water level, deeply and crazily in secret love with you. ―Unknown

It’s almost funny: you think you matter to someone. They’re the center of your universe, the sun you revolve around. You’d give anything for their details. You inch closer, closer, with tentative steps. You can walk as far as you want, but it won’t matter. You are not even on their map.― Danya Kukafka

I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. — William Shakespeare

Isn’t it funny how just one little phone call or text can make your bad day suddenly wonderful! — Nishan Panwar

She’s communicative and reserved at the same time, secretive almost; altogether a very beautiful mixture. ― Theodor Fontane

Love makes the shy brave and the brave shy. — C. Aurel

Sometimes, I think my crush is like a dictionary – he adds meaning to my life. ―Unknown

Let’s toss a coin. I’m yours, if its heads. You’re mine, if it’s tails. ―Unknown

Her idea of a romantic date is one in which she gets a diamond as a gift. ―Unknown

I am ready to ramp up again and again, if you believe in love at first sight. ―Unknown

And when you love someone, you don’t always see them realistically.— P. C. Cast

No more, no less. I’m an idiot. I really need to let this crush go. — Pittacus Lore

Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. ― William Shakespeare

I misspelled and texted, ‘You are my brush.’ It was ‘crush,’ actually. ―Unknown

What if Virat Kohli had a crush on me, but I have a crush on you? ―Unknown

Always follow your heart when you are deeply attracted, but remember to bring your brain along; making decisions will be hard without it! ―Anonymous

Short Quotes About Guys

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. — Plato

I love you and that’s the beginning and end of everything. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

If music be the food of love, play on. — William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her — Notting Hill

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love. — William Blake

You had me at hello. — Jerry Maguire

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. — Audrey Hepburn

When I look at you, I can feel it. I look at you and I’m home. — Finding Nemo

There is no remedy for love but to love more. — Henry David Thoreau

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment. — Barbara De Angelis

If I know what love is, it is because of you. — Hermann Hesse

Who are wise in love, love most, say least. — Alfred Tennyson

You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought. — Arthur Conan Doyle

You are all of my today and all of my tomorrows. — Leo Christopher

He who stops being better stops being good. –Oliver Cromwell

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

The most persevering becomes the most talented. – Maxime Lagacé

The greater the success, the more it was due to one thing: focus. – Shane Parrish

All fortune belongs to him who has a contented mind. – The Panchatantra

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.– Bruce Lee

A good man shares his knowledge selflessly with everyone. – Eraldo Banovac

When evil men destroy, good men must build and bind. – Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. – Kin Hubbard

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. – Chief Joseph

Honor is simply the morality of superior men. – H. L. Mencken

Culture makes all men gentle. – Menander

A good man is a woman’s best friend. – John Gottman

A good man is a man who takes care of his family and all that he loves. – Tony DeLiso

A good man is one who puts others before himself. – Naveen Jain