310 Quotes About Gentleman

Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?

Great men speak secrets about themselves with nods and gestures, walking away from jokes about women rather than condemn the jokester; if with a woman, the turning of their head during a nude scene in a movie speaking volumes about their character without ever saying a word. It is a language foreign to women, but those that take the time to learn it find themselves knowing more about their man than by any other means.

... I have just experienced the most passionate kiss I've ever received from a guy, and it was on the freaking forehead!

If she is wrong educate her, don't belittle her.

a gentleman today—however we may characterize him—may find his environment less congenial to his temperament.

A gentleman, I hope it will become clear, is not simply a man who stands apart. He is a man who stands up for others—sometimes even for his enemies—often when those others have no clue that he is there for them.

[...] being a gentleman by birth certainly did not make one worthy of the name. Indeed, far too often it seemed to make one the opposite, by promising a man insulation from the consequences of sin.

You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.