What does it take to be a man?

Question

Besides turning 18 (in my country) what are the qualities of a great man?

Answer 1

This poem relates to your question....


If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Rudyard Kipling

Answer 2

You must have a healthy mind in a healthy body. You must not be in conflict with yourself. You must be self dependent economically. You must give more to humanity than you take.You must love the life and let others like.Don't live only on the animal insticts like fight, sex etc. Alway's try to improve your skills and spread good ideas. Never be superstitious.Be bold. Best of luck young man

Answer 3

so many answers and each less helpful then the last ,, what it takes to be a man?.. easy first define what you think is a man,, then try to live up to it,, help make the world a more positive place, and live life to its fullest,, not foolest.. be good to yourself and other honesty faithfulness and commitment are also good traits,, and take responsibility for your own actions,, and if that fails,, join your countrys version of the marines

Answer 4

Given the current derogatory image of men in American society, I guess that a man is a male member of the genus homo sapiens who has learned to walk around a puddle instead of through it.

Answer 5

Ability to withstand all odds. Standing up against what is right.

Answer 6

A good physique, manly attitude and of course a good penetrating.........

Answer 7

Testes, or to be exact, a testis.

Answer 8

It takes BALLS to be a man in America............ by Balls I mean.......Big brass balls ...............