True Manliness by James F. Clarke (A Powerful Speech for Young Men)

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  • čas přidán 21. 09. 2021
  • Read by Shane Morris
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    On Oct. 5 1878, an American preacher and social reformer named James F. Clarke delivered a timeless speech on manliness to a ministry of young men in Boston, Massachusetts.
    'A false notion of manliness leads boys astray.'

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  • @KinevKeiwan
    @KinevKeiwan Před 2 lety +1551

    I needed to hear that.
    I do not have a father who told me how to be a good man.
    I had books. I had stories. I have dead fathers who tought me beyond their graves.
    Thank you for giving them a voice to speak to their unkown sons, for they have no one to turn to.
    This gave me hope. Thank you.

    • @Stan-lf4nz
      @Stan-lf4nz Před 2 lety +20

      You have a heavenly Father.. Jesus.

    • @red8527
      @red8527 Před 2 lety +23

      @@Stan-lf4nz The heavenly father is God, not Jesus.

    • @KinevKeiwan
      @KinevKeiwan Před 2 lety +12

      @@Stan-lf4nz Heel is right. Jesus is the messenger, the holy spirit the community and God our father. :3

    • @axelsprangare2579
      @axelsprangare2579 Před 2 lety +9

      True manliness is heroism and giving without expecting to be getting anything back.

    • @ObiNgorima
      @ObiNgorima Před 2 lety +7

      @@red8527 Don't force your belief on other people. Stay with what you belief and let them also be.

  • @jeremy4663
    @jeremy4663 Před 2 lety +1740

    I just turned 35 - not sure if I'm really a "young man" anymore, and who this poem is for, but this speech cleared up a lot of toxicity in my mind. Thanks - it was beautiful.

    • @bettermanchannel770
      @bettermanchannel770 Před 2 lety +11

      Toxicity, care to provide an example?

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder Před 2 lety +34

      Never stop pursuing to become the best man that you can be. As challenging as it may seem to be to pursue manhood in today climate with all the bad references to it and not many role models, being a man means also facing challenges, regardless of what these may be.
      I wish you strength and willpower to pursue such a goal, and discipline to not stop when you will face difficulties.
      All the best to you!

    • @jeremy4663
      @jeremy4663 Před 2 lety +49

      @@bettermanchannel770 the toxicity being not focusing on protecting the weak. Using your strength to help people and the opposite being using your strength to enforce your own opinions

    • @bettermanchannel770
      @bettermanchannel770 Před 2 lety +23

      @@jeremy4663 I like that man, stay directed and best wishes

    • @jeremy4663
      @jeremy4663 Před 2 lety +7

      But these are just my own opinions, of course

  • @victor.d6380
    @victor.d6380 Před 2 lety +1494

    It takes courage to be a kind man .

    • @walkitoff.
      @walkitoff. Před 2 lety +63

      100%. Any asshole can cause pain, it takes courage to even try to remove pain from the world.

    • @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA
      @Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA Před 2 lety +5

      Kind? Lol what are you millennial? If you took kindness out of this video.. debile.

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA really?
      debil?.. 😈

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +8

      @@walkitoff. amen..
      Definetly against the grain, of this, the current social tide..
      A truly Free person is derided

    • @walkitoff.
      @walkitoff. Před 2 lety +4

      @@lovealways2609 yeah it's almost like a kind of detachment from the consequences of our actions

  • @TopsideCrisis346
    @TopsideCrisis346 Před 2 lety +576

    The difference between toxic masculinity and wholesome masculinity, made plain. It is vital this generation remember that masculinity itself is not toxic, and that a good nation is built and defended by good men.

    • @UnbiasedTruth..
      @UnbiasedTruth.. Před rokem +1

      Toxic masculinity does not exist. What's the hallmark of TM that can not be expressed by women? Wake tf up

    • @emekaiwuala8778
      @emekaiwuala8778 Před rokem +67

      There's no such thing as toxic masculinity man... "That appalling phrase".
      There's only bad behavior

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 Před rokem +1

      Toxic masculinity does not exist. There is merely masculinity, and cruelty disguising itself as masculinity.

    • @apexlifeismine100
      @apexlifeismine100 Před rokem

      Amen brother

    • @projectterranova
      @projectterranova Před rokem +18

      @@emekaiwuala8778 Exactly. As Bedros Keuilian said (paraphrase), "There is no such thing as toxic masculinity, there is only toxicity and masculinity."

  • @raidedarts7111
    @raidedarts7111 Před 2 lety +1503

    "True manliness is tender and loving. False manliness, cold and hard" Very wise words from this True Man.

    • @alexismartinez4225
      @alexismartinez4225 Před 2 lety +137

      There is a time to be tender and loving and there is a time to be cold and hard
      It’s a mixture of both

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +37

      @@alexismartinez4225 amen..
      it takes manly wisdom, to know the difference, and when and how to implement..
      being a real man is an awesomely fulfilling adventure

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +12

      *of course, the softer, kinder, more compassionate manly side should be exercised exponentially more than the other..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +26

      *cold and hard toward injustice and ruthlessness..

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 Před 2 lety +9

      It depends on the situation

  • @Chris-ji4iu
    @Chris-ji4iu Před 2 lety +466

    Kindness, honesty, integrity, courage ...values which are sorely missing from many today.

    • @stankygeorge
      @stankygeorge Před 2 lety +3

      When they turn seventeen, take them down to the recruiter and sign them up for military duty!

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 Před 2 lety +3

      Currently lacking in the courage but I am trying to change because vI want to.

    • @Adrian_Real
      @Adrian_Real Před 2 lety +7

      @@ex-x7079 Do not give up - ever. Whatever challenges you have, they were designed for you to conquer. It may feel like you're not progressing. It may feel like you're hopeless. It may feel like you can't do it. Keep going. I know darkness, crippling pain, and feelings of utter perilous hopelessness. If you continue, the person you are today will die to give birth to who you really are. KEEP GOING!!!

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Adrian_Real you have no idea how convenient that was for me now.

    • @ex-x7079
      @ex-x7079 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Adrian_Real just got shot down by a woman who I thought was genuinely interested.

  • @nimarus3118
    @nimarus3118 Před 2 lety +478

    This video made me think about my Dad. He was always imposing when I was a child. Not in a bad way. He seemed like someone who was best not to be angered. Who would fight off a bear with his bare hands if he had to in order to protect me. As a child, he seemed strong, likely due to the physical demands of his work. But he was nurturing and always encouraged me to walk a righteous path. When our community couldn't find a Santa Claus for the Christmas Party, he reluctantly volunteered to put on the suit and play the roll. In the end, he enjoyed it, maybe more than we realized. He volunteered every year since. Every December 1st, he would sit outside our local pharmacy to collect donations of cash or toys. He took the role seriously. Always suiting up before going to a Christmas Party. Never wanting to risk a child seeing Santa without his beard. He did this for many years, ensuring there was always ample toys so every child got several presents. He would visit the children in the neighborhood as Santa, especially families in financial hardships. He worked with our Non-Profit organizations to improve our community. When he did a charitable act, he never asked for payment. As Santa, he would simply ask them to donate toys or money, never setting a price. He only asked them to offer an amount they could, though he never asked anything of the poor.
    Then came Covid. Dad disappeared from the public, they didn't know why. They figured due to Covid Lockdowns, he must have felt it best to stay home and not possibly spread the virus. In truth, he contracted Covid in Mid to early November from his best friend. By the 22nd or 23rd, he was in the hospital. By this time, we all tested positive for Covid and isolated until the beginning of December. Those in the community knew what was happening and offered any assistance to Mom. Dad eventually went onto a ventilator. By December 14th, his brain was starved of oxygen due to viral fluid building up in his lungs. Care was withdrawn and family was actually allowed to be there as he passed away from this world.
    Mom called the local pharmacy, who didn't know about Dad's condition and that he passed. They said many of their employees, and regular customers, have been asking where he was. Everyone was saddened. They put out a board explaining what had happened and why Dad sat outside as Santa every year. So many left donations of cash. Some, including employees there, purchased toys and donated them too. The Manager at Walgreens even donated toys in Dad's memory. Letters of condolences and donations in Dad's memory came in almost every day. We were worried if we would have enough toys for the next Christmas Party. I can say now that our supply of toys is overflowing.
    He was an example of how to be a real man. I can only hope that I can grow into a man who is worthy of filling his shoes.

    • @spaceatom6844
      @spaceatom6844 Před 2 lety +33

      I think I could say in the name of all here that your Dad was a real example, you had an exemplar and extraordinary father to inspire by. Now let him proud of what man you are become

    • @hasnainqureshi3773
      @hasnainqureshi3773 Před 2 lety +16

      Your dad was great
      Live up to his legacy

    • @brok56
      @brok56 Před 2 lety +12

      Son of a gun, this made me break.
      He was a man.

    • @electricboogaloo6917
      @electricboogaloo6917 Před 2 lety +9

      One of the good things or maybe even the only one of seeing a good man pass away is seeing just how much joy and kindness he brought upon the world and how many will remember him with a smile etched upon their hearts, to see that such men still exist is the only beacon of hope to our species, there is good inside all of us and letting it out is a choise.
      Some men become legends not for their migth or their accomplishments, they become legends because of their kindness.
      I shall offer a toast in honor of your father who embodied a Santa that Children could look up to, as a man and as great father and I hope, one day I will be half the man he was.

    • @arthurradley4423
      @arthurradley4423 Před 2 lety +5

      You had a good Daddy it sounds like. There needs to be more men like him today in this world we live in. It would for sure be a better place. May God bless you and your family.

  • @kn0234n
    @kn0234n Před rokem +104

    This poem is not just for young, but for all men. It takes time to be a true man.

  • @johnfoster2447
    @johnfoster2447 Před 2 lety +149

    I'm 61 and gained a lot from this. I think sometimes we need these words even more as we grow older. Reminders of how we should be as good men. Examples for the younger.

    • @zzhh1985
      @zzhh1985 Před 2 lety +9

      100% agree! Man benefits from reminders.
      All the best in your life.

    • @stankygeorge
      @stankygeorge Před 2 lety +3

      The young no longer listen to their elders, due to their public school brainwashing and lack of a father, no a Bo Dyke cannot be a substitute for a father no more than a man can be a substitute for a mother!

  • @morethan3756
    @morethan3756 Před 2 lety +167

    And a man, a man provides. And he does it even when he's not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he's a man.
    - Gus Fring

    • @jackjonmonaghan8758
      @jackjonmonaghan8758 Před 2 lety +4

      Brilliant.

    • @123571321
      @123571321 Před 2 lety +16

      I like how no one notices the true purpose of that phrase.
      Just as with any man, appealing to selflessness is manipulation.
      Gus wanted to manipulate Walter into staying. To keep working as the mule, I mean male, he was being told he is, even when said definition was detrimental. There's no denial in the negativity of Walter, but pretending that little phrase was virtuous is disingenuous or ignorant. Choose whichever fits your case guys.

    • @ruanoosthuizen6084
      @ruanoosthuizen6084 Před 2 lety +5

      To be a man is to bear responsibility of all the heaviest things.

    • @teetor4293
      @teetor4293 Před 2 lety +2

      Walter White

    • @tdf123emcee2
      @tdf123emcee2 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ruanoosthuizen6084 I believe that's applicable to all human beings within our physical and mental capabilities. My mother was the sole bearer of the responsabilities in my family because my father died, and she brought us out of poverty. She is not physically strong as a man, overworked hours and messed up her back. What I am trying to say here, is that as long as you face up your responsibilities in life man or woman with a partner or not, you will be as much as a man as the poem describes. You have to aspire to be a better human being. Recognizing your weaknesses and strengths, and finding value in them. Your self steem will help you avoid people that take advantage of you and your weakness will help you be kind to others who are not strong at the things you are.
      PD: my mother is doing better now.

  • @gentlemangel5787
    @gentlemangel5787 Před 2 lety +66

    This speech should be shown to every young man in the world

    • @ukulkarni
      @ukulkarni Před 2 lety

      Half of it will be labeled "toxic masculinity". It is time now for men to realize that they need to take care of themselves as the society treats them as disposable.

  • @lumumbachooye8352
    @lumumbachooye8352 Před 2 lety +154

    The greatest want of the world is the want of men, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who cannot be bought or sold, men who do not fear to call sin by it's right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as a needle is to the pole, men who would stand for the right though the heavens would fall
    Ellen G White

    • @serpentinewolf7085
      @serpentinewolf7085 Před 2 lety +4

      Well shit, didn’t realize I was a man.

    • @VergilSFD
      @VergilSFD Před 2 lety +7

      Exquisite.

    • @satownrules
      @satownrules Před 2 lety +4

      You beat me to it my brother. God Bless!

    • @wastelandgames9409
      @wastelandgames9409 Před rokem

      @@serpentinewolf7085 that's something I've noticed too being masculine is really just being a good person meaning anyone man or woman can do so

  • @ash8207
    @ash8207 Před 2 lety +16

    True wisdom that is as relevant today as ever. Too many toxic, arrogant macho men out there these days who think they're "real men" but in truth are cowards & bullies. Thank you for sharing this inspiring truth!

    • @serafinhumberto6090
      @serafinhumberto6090 Před 2 lety

      lol your name sounds like a woman 😂if you are you have no right to talk about men focused on your own gender

    • @stynershiner1854
      @stynershiner1854 Před 2 lety +1

      @@serafinhumberto6090 Learn English before trying to put down somebody. It is "your", and not "you're".

    • @wastelandgames9409
      @wastelandgames9409 Před rokem +2

      I agree my father is a coward who says he's a real man when all he does is beat and berate me and my mom

  • @motor4027
    @motor4027 Před 2 lety +14

    "Strive to be better than your former self, not your fellow man." - the wise, the kind, and the old

  • @bettermanchannel770
    @bettermanchannel770 Před 2 lety +37

    Yes sir, may the age of man bring a refreshing breath. Stay strong men

  • @sanandamitra7237
    @sanandamitra7237 Před 2 lety +11

    I am crying. It is as if the voice was meant for this piece.

  • @jackjonmonaghan8758
    @jackjonmonaghan8758 Před 2 lety +95

    This poem is perfect. This is the man I want to become.

    • @victor.d6380
      @victor.d6380 Před 2 lety +8

      And you will become such a man .

    • @rafreyes1190
      @rafreyes1190 Před 2 lety +7

      🥂

    • @rushiljain6541
      @rushiljain6541 Před 2 lety +14

      Be kind but hold the potential to be dangerous against the wrong. Only if you are this way, people will respect your kindness, otherwise it will be considered just weakness, and it is

    • @regnisj5993
      @regnisj5993 Před rokem +1

      God Bless You

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 Před rokem

      "I aspire to be a slave"
      This is why we're doomed.

  • @jonahstephens2904
    @jonahstephens2904 Před 2 lety +134

    This, along with "If-" by Rudyard Kipling and TR's "The Man in the Arena," is now easily one of my favorites on this channel. On top of all those being wonderful messages, the narrator is phenomenal. God, I wish I had a voice like Shane Morris!

  • @AlecGunterTTV
    @AlecGunterTTV Před rokem +40

    "Such men in their homes and their private life have a womanly gentleness."
    Don't often hear lines like this from people who preach masculinity. I very much appreciate and applaud it.

  • @zeonardozavinci3117
    @zeonardozavinci3117 Před 2 lety +31

    I lost someone in my life that told me the reason they were leaving me is because I'm a Boy, less than a Man and that they were looking for a real Man. Today having listened to this amazing and powerful speech I realize that for a long while I've been a Man for a while I've been living by the Code of True Manliness. My Mother is an amazing woman who thought me all my values and I should've realized that at that moment. Thank you for this.

    • @bdc211
      @bdc211 Před 2 lety +3

      i resonate with this!!! 👍👍
      Steadfast!!!

    • @talkingthoughts7595
      @talkingthoughts7595 Před 2 lety +10

      I am with you man. I was called weak and whiny by my family of origin, yet they benefited immensely from my nurturing and forgiving nature. My ex also preferred a manly man because I wouldn't hit her back or engage in verbal and emotional manipulation which she perpetrates on me and our children. Good friends, therapy, and my Christian faith rescued me and opened my eyes to whom I really am. Seeking true knowledge of self, as difficult as it is, is a long, painful but worthwhile experience. You've got to be brave to embark on it.

    • @shanegaffey9257
      @shanegaffey9257 Před 2 lety

      Appointment.Point of ori

  • @MosesRabuka
    @MosesRabuka Před 2 lety +342

    “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways” ~ 1 Cor 13:11

  • @ikshakranti6582
    @ikshakranti6582 Před 2 lety +15

    True manliness is one that nurtures, false manliness is one that destroys.

    • @mickeyguide3112
      @mickeyguide3112 Před 2 lety +2

      of course, any imbecile can destroy. It takes a lot more to be able to take care of others with true love. What this man is talking about is actually what it means to be a good, strong human being. It is very hard, granted. We are spirits in a body. The weak spirit is the one that is the cold and rude etc. It's also the one that falls easily into temptations and is deceived. It is called the 'Fool' in the Bible. Hardest thing is to stay calm and caring to everyone when life's storms hits you repeatedly, in situations where everyone else would freak out. True manliness is to stay calm and calm and care others when those storms hits you. Only then you'll be able to grow.

  • @johnh6679
    @johnh6679 Před rokem +6

    I had the honor of having a role model that taught me this. He was a bodybuilder and could easily by look be considered one of false manliness. But I never have met anyone so quick to stand for those looked down on and protect the weak. And when I sent him this video and said it reminded me of him it made him cry. Thank you Rudy, for showing me when I was young what a man should be❤️

  • @billiondollarsclub8011
    @billiondollarsclub8011 Před 2 lety +90

    The dear person that's reading this, we don't know each other but I wish you all the best in life❤ don't ever blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Your smile is precious and a key to a happy life...

    • @all.gemeiner4303
      @all.gemeiner4303 Před rokem

      The same to you my friend. God bless you.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Před 9 měsíci

      Thank you, may God protect you and provide you comfort.

    • @stingtran5621
      @stingtran5621 Před 2 měsíci

      God bless you my fellows

  • @RobG811
    @RobG811 Před 2 lety +558

    A Man
    by Edgar Albert Guest
    A man doesn't whine at his losses.
    A man doesn't whimper and fret,
    Or rail at the weight of his crosses
    And ask life to rear him a pet.
    A man doesn't grudgingly labor
    Or look upon toil as a blight;
    A man doesn't sneer at his neighbor
    Or sneak from a cause that is right.
    A man doesn't sulk when another
    Succeeds where his efforts have failed;
    Doesn't keep all his praise for the brother
    Whose glory is publicly hailed;
    And pass by the weak and the humble
    As though they were not of his clay;
    A man doesn't ceaselessly grumble
    When things are not going his way.
    A man looks on woman as tender
    And gentle, and stands at her side
    At all times to guard and defend her,
    And never to scorn or deride.
    A man looks on life as a mission.
    To serve, just so far as he can;
    A man holds his noblest ambition
    On earth is to live as a man.

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +12

      nothing wrong with anything you just wrote..
      High ideals.. but, very worthy ones.. amen..

    • @johnz8843
      @johnz8843 Před 2 lety +11

      Your author's poem is better than what was read imo.

    • @grandmasterdong8820
      @grandmasterdong8820 Před 2 lety +13

      I agree with everything you wrote besides that woman part

    • @rockyp3917
      @rockyp3917 Před 2 lety +2

      This one is better

    • @appointmentnow6255
      @appointmentnow6255 Před 2 lety +6

      But my friend who cares about "better"? Does this mean, by your perspective, that we toss the video in the trash? They both have valuable insights that hopefully each individual viewer is prudent enough and experienced enough to grab what is true. But discernment is sold separately.

  • @skipeveryday7282
    @skipeveryday7282 Před 2 lety +17

    I was fortunate enough to be taught this philosophy by my late father.

  • @jonmays9779
    @jonmays9779 Před rokem +5

    I have a special needs daughter who is to strong for my wife alone. And because of this, I'm a stay at home dad while my wife works. Many "successful "rich men and women have told me I'm not a man because I stay home to watch my children while my wife works.
    These "successful men/women" that have told me this. No longer have a relationship with their children or family. Is that what a successful life is to people? To be alone and angry and prideful?
    Success is doing the best you can for others. That may be working hard and providing for your family, it may be working hard at home to make sure your children are taken care of and the chores are done.
    Only the weak try to destroy others thoughts of usefulness and hope. Success is much more then money and status.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Před 9 měsíci

      Anyone who would feel the need to tell you that likely needs to learn to mind their manners.

  • @ChristianMotivationMedia
    @ChristianMotivationMedia Před 2 lety +115

    👑In a world full of anxieties, this verse is for you tonight, “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” Psalms 4:8

  • @jasonzacharias2150
    @jasonzacharias2150 Před rokem +5

    Now manliness to some means ignoring oppression while becoming an profitable oppressor... Amazing speech, whoever is reading this, good luck out there, God bless and keep you as you spread love in this world, peace be with you friends...

  • @lovealways2609
    @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +12

    Our thoughts create our life and our future..
    Choose wisely what you allow yourself to dwell mentally upon..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +4

      we suffer more in our imagination, than in reality itself..

    • @lovealways2609
      @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +3

      be.. do not try, to become..

  • @Brewcityking
    @Brewcityking Před 5 měsíci +1

    May every man that hears this at their moment of need be safe, loved, respected and cared for the way we as men should do for all.

  • @Recoome_Kick
    @Recoome_Kick Před 2 lety +11

    I am in no meaning of true manliness but only a worthless being who doesn’t truly know on how to be kind & caring, thank you for this video it help me think a lot.

    • @nattvaktenphotography
      @nattvaktenphotography Před 2 lety +4

      First steps are to learn your faults, then it's just the lifelong journey to rise above them. There is never a perfect man but any man have a chance to die and be remembered as a good man.

    • @JM-sr5ct
      @JM-sr5ct Před 2 lety +1

      @@nattvaktenphotography ….Well said. 🙏🏼

    • @nattvaktenphotography
      @nattvaktenphotography Před 2 lety

      @@JM-sr5ct Ty.

  • @clevertrevor8727
    @clevertrevor8727 Před rokem +4

    I always felt the same. Real men stand up for what's right and protect Women. We have the love of humanity in our Hearts. Any Man who hurts Women is a Coward. And I will fight them.

  • @chich6744
    @chich6744 Před 2 lety +24

    Since watching this channel's videos my life has changed drastically I'm better at think and taking action I'm wiser i control my emotions better, I'm so thankful I found this channel

  • @PatrickGraven
    @PatrickGraven Před 2 lety +14

    A person's worth is measured by the worth of what they value. I believe in working hard for what means the most to you. To put your time, energy and passion all in for what's important to you.

  • @seth956
    @seth956 Před rokem +3

    A man follows the Truth no matter what the outcome. If he shall lose his possessions, his livlihood, status, family and even his own life; he stays the narrow path. People will ridicule him, spit on him, tear at his flesh and he will stand firm because his foundation is unshakeable.

  • @mrwyattsl
    @mrwyattsl Před 2 lety +5

    True manliness is conquering oneself by becoming one with the monster inside all of us! Choices have consequences!! Pray you make the right choice!!!

  • @edwardaldridge2640
    @edwardaldridge2640 Před 2 lety +7

    Those are some of the most powerful words I’ve ever heard spoken. I’m not going to stop thinking about this

  • @samrat447
    @samrat447 Před 2 lety +11

    Thank you Redfrost Motivation for reviving in me the love of poetry. I am getting to know of so many poets and their works that I did not know existed. As far as this poem is concerned I cannot believe that The poet passed away in 1880. His words are so relevant today.

  • @businesselves6332
    @businesselves6332 Před 2 lety +6

    True manliness is when you are ready to evaporate as a life today, for the sake of other lives. It is when you can consume all within the scope of "now", and with that consumption, are able to produce an insight of the best possible tomorrow. It is the discipline, to execute all actions required to fulfill the prerequisites of shaping the future according to the insight gathered.
    In a simple sentence, it is to be on the front for mankind, with the awareness of our now and a drive to creating the best possible tomorrow. Any man doing this, is at the peak of masculinity.

  • @grizzbane6091
    @grizzbane6091 Před 2 lety +6

    I have those struggles now, im not really a kind person nor do I feel a lot of empathy. But I've been trying to learn to be humble and less angry. I pray on it sometimes when I remember to pray. I have my demons and my temptations that I battle daily but I dont give up. I need to conquer those before I can learn humility and kindness. I do protect the weak wherever possible and stand for what is right. And Im learning and practicing holding my tongue. I did not have a great father or older brother so Im having to learn these things at 33. Its tough but I have a good woman who teaches me these things. But at times I feel we are polar opposites on issues. Which brings up my bitter side and my decisions on matters leans to the violent side whereas she leans on the non confrontational side. But she is very empathetic and sympathetic and kind. So she calms me down many times. I have a long way to go but with every year that passes Im getting better.

  • @lilliansoullier9575
    @lilliansoullier9575 Před 2 lety +4

    I love these words for the men out there. This bit of writing has had a calming effect on me today. I've had the pleasure of knowing a few men who may have read this message! Men are lovely too.

  • @philoepictetus9173
    @philoepictetus9173 Před 2 lety +6

    "Dreams are made for those who really lives".

  • @sandybean9700
    @sandybean9700 Před 2 lety +3

    AMEN to this, More of this is NEEDED in the WORLD TODAY as much as at ANYTIME !!!

  • @sparkinitesparkinite9617

    So true! The world is beautiful because of many true gentlemen and fair ladies around us. 🎉😊 Am I one among them? At least I remind myself trying everyday.

  • @martine2651
    @martine2651 Před rokem +3

    Especially for those who use the 'Wolf vs sheep' philosophy to justify selfishness. But I have lots to learn myself.

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder Před rokem +1

      If you enjoy ideas about mastery and masculinity, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
      Challenge yourself with some concepts about manhood, explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
      We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
      Looking forward to your points of view.
      All the best to you!

  • @yvonnemarshall7416
    @yvonnemarshall7416 Před 2 lety +1

    Words from the Heart and soul Beautiful James F Clarke ❤ Thank you

  • @ericyutko7440
    @ericyutko7440 Před 2 lety +1

    Strength. Wisdom. Love.

  • @benjaminejegwa4621
    @benjaminejegwa4621 Před 2 lety +4

    This is such a beautiful and true poem🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @Silent.observer.2024
    @Silent.observer.2024 Před 2 lety +20

    Amazing. Every man should be like this, and every woman too. Every human being should.

  • @QuotesS7
    @QuotesS7 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Believe you can and you're halfway there.

  • @MuhammadAhsan-qu1tt
    @MuhammadAhsan-qu1tt Před 2 lety +1

    Brought tears to my eyes, thank you.

  • @ronalddesiderio7625
    @ronalddesiderio7625 Před 2 lety +4

    It’s what I was taught as a kid by every adult in my life 💪🏾 Treat every mother’s son fair

  • @namanydv_garud
    @namanydv_garud Před 2 lety +3

    The virtues of a true man, it melted my heart😭💪🏻

  • @zehrajafri9252
    @zehrajafri9252 Před 2 lety +1

    What beautiful truths. Someone truly strong doesn't need to prove his strength. Kindness and gentleness are qualities that when present in the strong make them far more than human.

  • @__seeker__
    @__seeker__ Před rokem +2

    James Freeman Clarke was a great American mind. An influential New England Unitarian minister, he’s a personal historical friend of mine.

    • @skh2978
      @skh2978 Před 9 měsíci

      Legend has it that Clarke never carried a gun like a lot of the other preachers in new england often did

  • @vokwana-welzvoksie432
    @vokwana-welzvoksie432 Před 2 lety +37

    This is a brilliant poem. Beautiful motivation. I think in South Africa all young men, including men young at heart, must listen to this poem. Maybe we will turn the tide on the national scourge of killing and abuse of children and women.

    • @zozovavavum1370
      @zozovavavum1370 Před 2 lety +3

      Sikuvike Sis wam ngoba nam indishiye ndimatchekile.

    • @marcusknoll9500
      @marcusknoll9500 Před 2 lety +1

      Enough is enough!!

    • @treytoomuch
      @treytoomuch Před 2 lety +1

      As the last generattion of South Africans born during apartheid (91), I grew up both there and since 11 in london. It’s painstakingly apparent that the mistakes of those before us have had devastating effects on the men and women of our nation that is then fed into the mindset of that last generation and beyond. It’s tough to see and accept, I truly hope we can become betttr

    • @jeshurunhazelton7789
      @jeshurunhazelton7789 Před rokem

      @@treytoomuch yep

  • @aboutbooks1843
    @aboutbooks1843 Před 2 lety +4

    Every cruel man should hear this poem and cry their toxicity out when they understand how wrong they've been living.

  • @user-lb1fl7sh8m
    @user-lb1fl7sh8m Před rokem +1

    Kindness, honesty, integrity, courage

    • @MasteryOrder
      @MasteryOrder Před rokem

      If you enjoy ideas about mastery and masculinity, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
      Challenge yourself with some concepts about manhood, explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
      We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
      Looking forward to your points of view.
      All the best to you!

  • @vishal-2864
    @vishal-2864 Před 2 lety +1

    Narrator is the real man who make these ideas very intersting to listen.

  • @everything5797
    @everything5797 Před 2 lety +4

    His voice is so calming 😊

  • @lionspride4821
    @lionspride4821 Před 2 lety +6

    Real strength is not putting down others to make oneself feel better.

  • @David-tk9fl
    @David-tk9fl Před 9 měsíci

    I can listen to his voice all day and all night sooo soothing and calm

  • @g.h.6990
    @g.h.6990 Před 2 lety

    Powerful for men of all ages and very instructive for fathers raising boys and young men. Excellent.

  • @Gar96229
    @Gar96229 Před rokem +13

    Don’t worry about being a real man. Worry about being a good father, good son, good husband, good boyfriend, brother, nephew, grandfather, grandson, uncle, neighbour, etc, and you will automatically become a real man.

  • @masculinemotivation_1
    @masculinemotivation_1 Před rokem +13

    Young men need to be exposed to more content like this 😎💪

  • @accatutoraliarwama2758
    @accatutoraliarwama2758 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, your voice is amazing, your way of reading and speaking is magical & mesmerizing, thank you 💐

  • @just_noahh0228
    @just_noahh0228 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I strive everyday to be a man. Like my father. I am rude and rough. I want to be gentle and kind yet fierce and rugged when need be.
    I’m expecting a child in November and I want to be the best dad. I want and will conquer these challenges.

    • @SuperGreatSphinx
      @SuperGreatSphinx Před 6 měsíci +1

      The ❤ of a father is the masterpiece of Nature...

  • @joshuakay3665
    @joshuakay3665 Před 2 lety +3

    This has cleared up a lot of toxicity in me I got this message yesterday but this poem reinforces it

  • @gusubu17
    @gusubu17 Před rokem +3

    We must not forget, we too must defend ourselves from those who would remove the power to defend others.❤

  • @captainofthelemonwipes4160

    I suffered for so long. I am grateful for the chance to be a true man of my own definition!

  • @cheapasmilk
    @cheapasmilk Před 2 lety +1

    I had great examples of this in my life. But missed it until recently. Before today, I wouldn't have even been in a place to open my ears, mind, and heart a little. To deal with stuff, I just shut these things down. Called it all weakness, thinking some brittle unchanging form was stone. Instead of a sealed off pile of snow. Sent adrift at the coming slight breeze. Thank you for today sir, from the future.

  • @josephkee1466
    @josephkee1466 Před 2 lety +8

    So inspiring

  • @paradisemusiclibrary1756
    @paradisemusiclibrary1756 Před 2 lety +15

    Hey, you. Whoever’s reading this, this is your sign. Everything’s gonna be okay. You did not come this far to give up. I believe in you. 🙏🏻✨💖

  • @nnadoziesamuel8179
    @nnadoziesamuel8179 Před 2 lety +2

    I will be reading this poem to my literary community in our next meet. What a beauty. Thank you for sharing.

  • @mariakrastev7094
    @mariakrastev7094 Před 2 lety

    The voice is so calming and deeper…good for bed time stories.

  • @WAYBeYond1985
    @WAYBeYond1985 Před 2 lety +3

    Such great inspiration 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman Před 2 lety +3

    Rare speech left about manliness

  • @EUSA1776
    @EUSA1776 Před 2 lety +1

    What a man should be a monster who is in control. Always aiming to the highest good he can conceive of, always willing to sacrifice for the betterment of those who depend on him.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes Před 2 lety

      That’s not a monster at all. That’s a man.

  • @coopsevy5664
    @coopsevy5664 Před 2 lety +2

    My daddy a silence King of our lions den lol was a man who always showed emotions behind closed doors, but in the face of the world he was a protector to women and children, at 6'6 he was a man with a lions roars, loud when needed but soft when handling those who need a cub.
    My Dad never had that true chance to be the LION he should have become the Principle to our family, but now it falls upon me.

  • @fatihaamin3811
    @fatihaamin3811 Před 2 lety +3

    Soo beautiful.

  • @nemoa.retreoh5289
    @nemoa.retreoh5289 Před 2 lety +12

    That is exactly what I always say: "Masculinity is to protect the weak and to stand up for the good and the right! And not take what you want by force without considering loss!"
    .
    Because to be a good person is not a weakness, on the contrary it requires a lot more strength than to be a bad person!!!

  • @ericmatthews3619
    @ericmatthews3619 Před 2 lety

    This is what I needed to hear... I feel as if I heard this before. I am trying to find a way to have everyone breath a collective sigh of releif and be happy for their future, rather than fearing it. I am searching for truth in a world of lies

  • @robertaprugnoli3084
    @robertaprugnoli3084 Před 2 lety +2

    Women, tuo, shall learn a lot from this Universal Message.

  • @miklosclarke
    @miklosclarke Před 2 lety +4

    Love this

  • @notjebbush4478
    @notjebbush4478 Před 2 lety +9

    Please change the title. This isn't just a powerful speech for young men-it's a powerful speech for all men.

  • @foxstone8718
    @foxstone8718 Před 4 měsíci

    These words remind me of my father and the lessons he gave to me as a young boy; moderation in all things, it's easier to be cruel than to be kind, and to always lend a helping hand. I can only hope that I can continue live up to his expectations. I miss you every day, pop.

  • @neomileft3409
    @neomileft3409 Před 2 lety

    Another great video.
    Thanks a lot.
    May God bless all of you and your families more.

  • @isaacrayder
    @isaacrayder Před 2 lety +4

    We are the chosen ones for this to find us today.

  • @tkogb4964
    @tkogb4964 Před 2 lety +10

    Moved me to tears and touched me in a way that I thought was impossible.

  • @PsychoLogisch
    @PsychoLogisch Před 2 lety +1

    Love it. It’s a long path to be that kinda man but if you’re willing to take it you’ll wake up everyday with a warm feeling deep down while your mirror is going to give you a loving smile

  • @tinawalker8174
    @tinawalker8174 Před 2 lety

    Magnificently read and the words are beautiful and essential to share.

  • @anirudhsingh1706
    @anirudhsingh1706 Před 2 lety +4

    The ultimate measure of man is not where he stand in times of comfort and convenience but where he stands in times of controversy and challenges .-Maryin J Luther King
    And from a woman who I loved ' a true measure of man is in what he does .Period .'
    'A true man is a man of wisdom and who knows his top priority is his family and friends '
    Ellen J Barner

  • @tomdooley3522
    @tomdooley3522 Před 2 lety +4

    He almost had it right , manliness can be hard as steel and cold as ice, it can stand in the face of death, and not back down.
    Because his wife and children are to be protected even at the cost of his life.
    When you remove ,Love , Honor
    and Obay from the marriage vow , you didn't make a woman a man's equal you removed his place from the family.
    Once removed from the family a man has no natural place in Society.

  • @IsaiahMwangi001
    @IsaiahMwangi001 Před 2 lety

    Wow, I have to listen again and again

  • @anishsubba635
    @anishsubba635 Před 6 měsíci

    matter of fact manliness itself is the depth of kindness an ultimate tender form to selflessly act on it .

  • @Rinkivani2897
    @Rinkivani2897 Před 2 lety +11

    What has been said a lot, someone, who is burdened with responsibilities, does not have the right to cry and break down. 💘🌷🌷💘🌷💘🌷🌹☘️🥀

  • @nehamehta8962
    @nehamehta8962 Před 2 lety +3

    Keep loading such epic material

  • @deadendfriends1975
    @deadendfriends1975 Před rokem +2

    Kindness is NOT weakness.

  • @MrJoker-
    @MrJoker- Před 2 lety

    Very powerful words, the actions will prove to be even more tremendous!