Quotes About Fortitude

you still have to eat.

Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.

But the Reb, I'd learned, was like a tough old tree; he bent with the storms but he would not snap.

If you are strong you withstand the storm. Can you see? The storm comes and everything is blurred. But all that is built on a solid foundation has only to stand fast and wait for the storm to pass.

Maybe emotional blows are like physical blows. You stand to gain something if you sustain them from time to time. You might build up some inner strength you wouldn't otherwise have.

No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure

emphatically. "But even so, I don't suppose we would have

Fire wouldn't burn he; blade wouldn't cut her, no matter how long we hacked away.

I am not whimpering, at all," Temeraire muttered, and added, "ow!" There

The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as

Tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa dikalahkan, sampai dia menyerah--DI DALAM PIKIRANNYA SENDIRI!

He left himself no possible way of retreat. He had to win or perish!

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons.

as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.

a strong character is one that will not be unbalanced by the most powerful emotions

Warriors are incapable of feeling compassion because they no longer feel sorry for themselves. Without the driving force of self-pity, compassion is meaningless.

En las batallas perdidas, la última defensa es la indiferencia

She gathered all the strength she didn't possess and got back on her feet.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

Caroline B. Cooney

I must remember that. Things become what you expect them to become. But I am granite. Nothing can shatter me.