Quotes About Fortitude

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

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And what if one of the gods does wreck me out on the wine-dark sea? I have a heart that is inured to suffering and I shall steel it to endure that too. For in my day I have had many bitter and painful experiences in war and on the stormy seas. So let this new disaster come. It only makes one more.

You must endure and not be broken-hearted.

Endure, my heart; yea, a baser thing thou once didst bear

I am going to stand against him now, though his hands are like flame, though his hands are like flame, and his heart like the shining of iron.

Intet kan knekke en mann som havet, om han er aldri så sprek.

Stand strong, my heart; through even worse pain you have suffered. (??????? ??, ??????· ??? ???????? ???? ???? ?????.) Odyssey, Rhapsody 20:18

I've known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don't ask quarters.

An I must drink sour ale, I must, but never have I yielded to a man before, and that without would or mark upon my body. Nor, when I bethink me, will I yield now.

At the Tourist Bureau they talk about the cooling trade winds that caress the shores of Puerto Rico every day and night of the year—but Nelson Otto was a man the trade winds never seemed to touch.

of those days when everything's in vain … a stone bummer from start to finish; and if you know what's good for you, on days like these you sort of hunker down in a safe corner and watch.

My patience is an infinite lake. Feel free to drown yourself.

Sometimes the Universe smiled. Mostly she kicked me in the face, stomped on my ribs once I fell down, and laughed at my pain, but once in a while she smiled.

Is it going to hurt? You bet. Sergeant Major had a lousy bedside manner.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

There's no path to being a writer that's applicable to everyone. Some young writers have the fortitude to work in a vacuum. For me, it was important to have some sense that my failures weren't unique.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

The most important thing is to never give up, never give in to circumstances, believe yourself, and to soldier on, no matter what's in your way.

From the age of 40, I went through illness for four and a half years. I tried to keep working through it as much as I could, but I was physically not able to do it as much, and if you look sick, it's hard to get a job.

I feel like I should be a really happy, bubbly person to correspond with my good fortune, but I'm more of a this-could-dry-up-any-minute person who tries to enjoy it while it lasts. And if it does dry up, I'll still have the people I love, and I'll just figure out how to pay rent.