Quotes About Fortitude

Kristian no era de los que se caen, más bien era de esos que deciden cuándo se derrumban.

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

Never quit, don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever.

Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.

That man is strongest who stands alone!

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen.

I'll be as strong as I need to be.

That which knows how to bend will not break.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.

Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, How unlucky that this should happen to me! Not at all! Say instead, How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.

Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

8. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you—inside or out.

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Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.

So here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune,' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.

So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

Disgraceful if, in this life where your body does not fail, your soul should fail you first.