Quotes About Fortitude

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

It will take spiritual fortitude—followed by focused, strategic action—to win the fight against White supremacy.

Those who have nothing have only their discipline.

Far too often we lose patience with the process and quit too soon, missing out on what we could have gained.

There were some horrors you couldn't fight and couldn't change. The real courage was just in enduring them.

And he told me illegitimi non carborundum translates to, 'Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.

Rise to the occasion. Roar like a lion.

Sufficient determination will conquer any natural reluctance.

To be a geisha, you have to have to an iron-clad layer around you - around your physical body and your heart.

I may not be the most physically tough player, but I think mentally I'm right up there.

Mentally, I am very strong; physically I am very strong. I think that keeps me going. That keeps me strong all the time.

Accidents happen and all of that, but it's how we pick ourselves up from the accidents that matters.

If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.

My dad taught me very early in life that whenever a child learns to walk, he falls a lot of times, but then he picks himself up and learns to walk like a man, and that is something which is a motto in life as well. You gotta pick yourself up, and you gotta walk, and you gotta walk strong.

I couldn't write a female who fell to pieces every time something didn't go right in her life. She would just annoy me too much.

The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.

A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.

There is something of the warrior in me.

No matter how far I get into my career, even if I get hurt again, it's just a part of who I am. On the flip, I'm a warrior, I'm a soldier, I get up. As many times as I fell, I've still gotten up, and that's way more rewarding to me than any other thing that I've ever accomplished, and I'm proud of that.

Solitude is the companion of warriors.

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office.

The world is surprisingly hard to destroy.