The man who wants to be great believes that he is worthy of greatness. And it is so because he makes it so.

Men cannot be men—much less good or heroic men—unless their actions have meaningful consequences to people they truly care about. Strength requires an opposing force, courage requires risk, mastery requires hard work, honor requires accountability to other men. W

Men of ideas and men of action have much to learn from each other, and the truly great are men of both action and abstraction

When someone tells a man to be a man, they mean that there is a way to be a man. A man is not just a thing to be—it is also a way to be, a path to follow and a way to walk.

Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no “higher” virtues can be entertained.

Men want to carry their own weight, and they should be expected to

There are no true enemies, only potential allies — hearts and minds yet to be won, “

Strength is rarely a disadvantage.
Without strength, masculinity becomes something else—a different concept.


We are, each of us, alone. And this is the first law of masculinity. And it is the most important law. Your value is equal to the value which you bring to the tribe. We are not equal. You are not special. Respect is earned, not given.

Your childhood is over. The boy is dead. It's time to be a man for the rest of your life.


waiting for the world to start is not the same as starting it.

Until you can function as a competent member of the group and carry your own weight, you are a supplicant and a drag on the collective

Better to live vigorously, better to fight, than to simply wait for the end...in peace.

Strength is the ability to exert one’s will over oneself, over nature and over other people.

If you're going to be a master of your own life and your own world, you choose your values.

The experience of being male is the experience of having greater strength, and strength must be exercised and demonstrated to be of any worth

Becoming a barbarian — becoming the kind of man who can belong to a tribe — requires a level of commitment that makes “good, modern, civilized men” uncomfortable.

Courage implies a risk. It implies a potential for failure or the presence of danger. . Acts without meaningful consequences require little courage.


Borders do not make a people. People make borders.