Quotes about Boys
There is no situation under the sun in which your ability to respond can be taken away from you. You may not control your circumstances, but you control your reactions to them. And that is what sets the men apart from the boys!
— Mark Batterson
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
— Exodus 1:18
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
— Exodus 1:17
We were good boys, good Presbyterian boys, and loyal and all that; anyway, we were good Presbyterian boys when the weather was doubtful; when it was fair, we did wander a little from the fold.
— Mark Twain
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
— 2 Kings 2:23
These caves are the original men's rite sanctuaries where the boys became no longer their mothers' sons but their fathers' sons.
— Joseph Campbell
You'll never have to say that after this, Delilah. I will always love you." "World without end?" "World without end," answered Diana. They kissed each other, as in a rite. Two boys on the fence whooped derisively, but who cared?
— LM Montgomery
Affirmation from others is fickle and fleeting. If you want to make an impact during your lifetime, you have to trade the praise you could receive from others for the things of value that you can accomplish. You can't be "one of the boys" and follow your destiny at the same time.
— John Maxwell
Grandfathers are just antique little boys.
— Anonymous
For the most part, boys are very physical. It's not enough for them to be told they have what it takes and they have greatness. They have to discover for themselves. We learn by doing. The doing has to be somewhat physical.
— John Eldredge
We are fighting to make those dear old places where we had played as children, safe for other boys and girls--fighting for the preservation and safety of all sweet, wholesome things.
— LM Montgomery
The mother of boys work son-up to son-down.
— Anonymous