Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.

We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves.

There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.

Validation comes to us in two ways: through trials we overcome, and through the words of older men.