Quotes About Fortitude

Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

I ain't got time to bleed.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

We live in a time when people give up too easy.

This time it will be a long one.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

Talleyrand once said to the first Napoleon that the United States is a giant without bones. Since that time our gristle has been rapidly hardening.

I have patience for centuries in me and will live as though my time were very big.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.

As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.

No one knows how strong they are until they have to be.

Looking straight into Rochelle's eyes he adds, I don't cave in to temptation.

There's a biblical story where Jesus says we can build our house on sand or we can build it on rock. Our house is our emotional stability. When it is built on sand, then the winds and rain can tear it down. One disappointing phone call and we crumble; one storm and the house falls down. When our house is built on rock, then it is sturdy and strong and the storms can't destroy it.

What could the old man say about all those people born with more courage than they could find a way to spend, and then there was nothing to do with it but just get by? And that was when the times were decent.

There was no more the stoop of her high

the worst misfortune isn't only misfortune

The man who plays alone never loses.' " Guiliano

Not to be rich, but to have money; to have money like a wall to put your back to, and then face the world.

La única forma de ganar es seguir jugando.

and only sticks and stones can break my bones.

Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar.

strength floods in after a fall.

Alessandro said, Most people don't do this, but it's what saves you. It tests you in the right way. Only for war, Rafi added. We'll almost certainly never have to go to war. It's unlikely that a war will break out in Europe, and even if it did it's less likely that Italy would be included, but I want to be prepared. And this is not just for war, you see, it's for everything.