Manhood is responsibility is my working definition of manhood. In this episode, I dive into what I mean by that and the different degrees of responsibility men can grow in in order to become the men they desire to be.
Quotes from Episode 
Take responsibility away from a man and he will begin the endless search for pleasure and comfort to his own demise and the demise of those around him.
“I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and it’s stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber and want like an armed man.” Proverbs 24:30-34
"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph". Teddy Roosevelt
Justice among the nations of mankind and the uplifting of humanity can only be brought about by those strong and daring men who with wisdom love peace but who love righteousness more than peace. Undoubtedly collective power is essential to this end but no exercise of collective power will ever avail if the average man does not keep his sense of personal duty, initiative, and responsibility. There is need to develop all the virtues that have the state of their sphere of action, but these virtues are as dust if the tender virtues of a family life based on the love of the one man for the one woman and on their joyous and fearless acceptance of common obligation to the children they have born. There must be the keenest sense of duty and with it must go the joy of living. There must be shame at the thought of shirking the hard work of the world, and at the same time delight in the many-sided beauty of life.

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