Quotes About Fortitude

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races, one after another.

Grant me the courage not to give up, even though I think it is hopeless.

It requires a strong constitution to withstand repeated attacks of prosperity.

Let them stew in their own grease (or juice).

It never rains but it pours.

Those lose least who have least to lose.

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

To succeed is nothing-it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough Without ever having felt sorry for itself.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself.

There ain't nothing from the outside can lick any of us.

Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to dust.

Don't give up the ship!

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

One can acquire everything in solitude but character.

The strongest man is the one who stands most alone.

There are some men above grief and some men below it.

The iron entered into his soul.

This story will never go down.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind.