What should A Man’s Code Include
A man should have a
code that he lives by. A belief system that guides his character and behavior.
It cannot be written as a law. Rather it is a set of standards that he lives by.
Informing your code, I will offer many ideas to consider. Ultimately it is up
to you to decide what you will live and die for and possibly by. For me, integrity is the greatest value. Integrity is not honesty. It is a deal that
you make with yourself and never break. It is what you do when nobody is
looking, but more importantly, it is your unfailing refusal to lie or avoid
telling the truth because it may be inconvenient or unhelpful to you. It is a refusal to ever fail to support
others by hiding. As Sam Houston put it, “Do what is right and damn the
consequences.” I am a stand-up guy, and you can trust I will always be there no
matter my personal risks to do the right thing. It can also mean lying to protect
the good. Here are some quotes to give you a flavor.
By the way, I hold everyone
to these standards. Be a man or a woman of character and if you should hurt
someone or me because you are a coward or self-serving. I will hunt you down
and make you pay. You have been warned. If you do not like it than have nothing
to do with me. May you never allow me to put my sights on you or hear of you.
Some ideas to think
over.
“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something
you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.” -Norman
Mailer
“Find what you love and let it kill
you.” -Bukowski
“A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.” -Marcus Aurelius
“You can tell the greatness of a man
by what makes him angry.” -Abraham Lincoln
“One cannot always be a hero, but
one can always be a man.” -Johann Wolfgang
“If you are going through hell, keep
going.” -Winston Churchill
“Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
from none but self-expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes
and keeps his self-made laws.” -Richard
Francis Burton
“Here is the manliness of manhood, that
a man has a good reason for what he does and has a will in doing it.” -Alexander
MacLaren
“There is nothing noble in being
superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former
self.” -Ernest Hemingway
“It is not the size of the dog in
the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog.” -Mark Twain
“The coward is the one who lets his
fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.” -George
S. Patton
“The way of a superior man is
three-fold: virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from
perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.” -Confucius
“There is one rule, above all others,
for a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.” -Robert Jordan
“Scar tissue is stronger than
regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” -Henry Rollins
“The greatest thing a man can do in
this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given
him. This is success, and there is no other.” -Orison Swett Marden
“Courage – a perfect sensibility of
the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.” -William
Tecumseh Sherman
” In the end what separates a man
from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, and a slave obeys!” -Andrew
Ryan
“We sleep safe in our beds because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us
harm. -George Orwell
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.”
-Hemmingway
“No man is more unhappy than he who
never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.” -Seneca
“I came. I saw. I conquered.” -Julius
Caesar This one was worth it because of what Brutus and Cassius
did to him.
A man does what he must – despite
personal consequences, despite obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that
is the basis of all human morality. -Winston Churchill
Do not pray for an easy life. Pray
for the strength to endure a difficult one.-Bruce Lee
Life is too short to be little. Man
is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself
with frankness and with fervor. -Benjamin Disraeli
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