Quotes About Fortitude

There is something inherently tough about Americans. They will not accept defeat.

It's easy to be good when things are great; it's tough to be good when they're not.

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.

It's the essence of sport to be able to swallow tough things up.

I don't think I'm tough but I do think I'm quite a strong character.

I'm really tough. It's a state of mind.

If you look at anyone at the top of their profession, there has to be something a little bit different. You have to be driven, cold, hard and mentally tough as iron.

I'm gonna fall back, do my thing, but goddamn, I'm going to be a tough dude to deal with.

It's easy to be a tough guy when no one's going to come knocking on your door.

A tough guy, to me, stands for something, and he's not afraid to get a beating.

I'm a big boy, and I'm a tough guy.

My background has made me the person I am today. It's made me a mentally and physically tough guy.

I am a tough guy.

Once you've been through tough times, you can only become stronger.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

If you get good things, you must endure the tough times also.

It really helps me if I think back to what our first families up here went through because, my goodness, they really had very tough times.

We're going to have tough times. We're going to have five-game losing streaks. Everybody goes through it.

I think there are things you can do to toughen yourself up.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.