Quotes About Fortitude

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

When I was a kid, we would build pillow forts. My pillow fort was always like Ice Station 9 in Antarctica. The other kids would come by and be like, 'Oh! The wind and snow is blowing.' From a young age, I wanted to be out there and surviving. I'm a high-strung, hyperactive guy.

Our soldiers in Siachen are performing their duty with great courage and fortitude, even in extreme conditions and treacherous terrain.

On a 60-mile trek with a 200-kg. bergen on my back, I felt my ankle break. Some might have given up. I broke my other ankle to even up the pain. And carried on.

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.

I am going to live and die in the trenches.

I have known exceptional people who have endured severe trials while others, at least on the surface, seem to have lived charmed lives.

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight.-The Old Bear, A Game of Thrones

Greatness is not a term of success, but of endurance.

From this point forward, you don't even know how to quit in life."~ Aaron Lauritsen, '100 Days Drive

We need to know who we are and then stand strong

Success comes from developing a strong inner character

Some things will go wrong for each of us, the most important thing is your attitude in that circumstance

Our task is not to yield to the pressure of our environment

Wisdom is stronger than steel. It can break and it can heal.

Greatness demands great courage.

Only the strong soul can accept the truth.

Persistence is the source of great strength.

Inner strength of character cannot be measured by any means but performance in the time of need.

Never give up and never give in. The truth always finds a way to be told.

The only quality that distinguishes the greats from the masses, is the unwillingness to give up.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.