Quotes About Tenacity

My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Anybody can quit. Only a real champion and a person of character and strength can keep going and refuse to give up.

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

What I always say is that Japanese are like willow. We can be bent easily, but once you try to break us, it would not be so easy.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

For sheer strength of character, I wouldn't have dared to cross swords with Callas. I would rather have gone six rounds with Jack Dempsey.

The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.

A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.

The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.

Only the strong survive.

Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.

If we have one real strength, it's commitment and determination

My strength is breaking people down. I may not outrun or outsize you, but I will make you miss.

Looking at her, bedraggled and beaten, some might have seen weakness. He saw strength, determination, and a will no one could crush.

I believe in strength over lack of weakness.

If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

I feel like a Bull Moose.

If there's one thing I've learned, it is to never give up--no matter what your circumstances are. Giving up doesn't solve anything.