Quotes About Fortitude

Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places.

Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

The world belongs to those who persevere.

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

In the blessings as well as in the ills of life, less depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which it is met.

Life is not going to be sweet all the time.

A difficulty journey is more revealing of character than any discussion or analysis.

Life is going to test you. But no matter how bad it may seem, we can always step up and beat it.

It takes incredible fortitude to keep on the road, even though it's fun and it's rewarding and you can't complain, it's just a great life, but it takes a lot of energy.

I don't reverberate to victimhood, probably because of my own life. I refused to become a victim myself, so it's not one of my big stories.

One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.

It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

In this sport, in this life, I think heart takes you a lot further than skill and technique... Just digging down deep will take you a lot further in life.

Dignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.

Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

I've faced worse things in my life than prison

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

The history of human endeavor has frequently [been] comprised of certain institutions which are based on two archetypes. There's a guy who comes along and, with a certain kind of messianic fortitude and charisma, conjures up a universe out of nothing, hot air, if you'll pardon the expression. He makes it happen. Usually, he never stays around to run it.

I need to live like that crooked tree--... that knelt down in the hardest winds but could not be blasted away.