Quotes About Fortitude

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There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.

My message has always been about resilience.

Human beings have enormous resilience.

Every day, across our state, we see grit and resilience.

I think persistence and resilience are very important.

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

In football, as in politics, resilience pays off.

Resilience has always been something I've seen and admired.

You can't shut somebody up by losing.

I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.

We remain essentially a nation under siege.

I enjoy wearing fragrance every day and have found myself searching for the one signature scent that truly reflects my personality and the things I love, such as Bulgarian rose. I have always wanted to create a fragrance from its inception to fruition and articulate femininity, confidence, and fortitude.

Look, half the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were either in debt or bankrupt. The remaining half, most of them lost all their possessions. The only reason Monticello didn't get burned to the ground was that the British patrol missed the road.

I will not be silenced or deterred.

Part of courage is simple consistency.

The hardship of the exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind. The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has its legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.

The hardship of the exercises is intended less to strengthen the back than to toughen the mind.

fear doesn't go away.

The years have taught me one skill: how to be miserable. I know how to shut up and keep humping. This is a great asset because it's human, the proper role for a mortal.

Someone once asked the Spartan king Leonidas to identify the supreme warrior virtue from which all others flowed. He replied: Contempt for death. For us as artists, read failure. Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue.

Only men who do not mind a hard life, with scanty food, little water and lots of discomfort, men who possess stamina and initiative, need apply.

The professional endures adversity. He lets the birdshit splash down on his slicker, remembering that it comes clean with a heavy-duty hosing. He himself, his creative center, cannot be buried, even beneath a mountain of guano. His core is bulletproof. Nothing can touch it unless he lets it.

He who whets his steel, whets his courage.