Quotation by

Emil Zatopek

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Men

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

True maturity and strength are shown when a person faces difficult and painful experiences without giving up. Only those who endure and learn from hardship can be considered fully grown or truly capable.

More by this author

All quotes by Emil Zatopek →

More quotes about Men

See all →

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has th…

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.