Quotes About Fortitude

That man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage.

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.

But the fruit that can fall without shaking, Indeed is too mellow for me.

He'd sooner die trying to hold the world on his shoulders than running away. Better always to run toward. And so he did.

Nunca te arrepientas de tu propia bondad, pequeña. Mantener la sinceridad frente al mal es una muestra de fuerza. -Brimstone

Be that cat! she reminded herself. The one that stayed out of reach, and never - ever purred.

But she was such a fighter. She refused to mope and lose her dignity. And she did this by returning to what she knew best. By getting better at it.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

What don't kill me... Had better start running!

But you have to learn to bend a little," said Clary with a yawn. Despite the story's content, the rhythm of Jace's voice had made her sleepy. "Or you'll break." "Not if you're strong enough," said Jace firmly.

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.

Shadowhunters were brought up to handle anything, weren't they?

Crying wouldn't help anything now.

My heart is not a home for cowards. D. ANTOINETTE FOY

Man does not live by wimpy coffee.

I decided I would be strong, not because I had to be, not because they had used up all the weakness, but because strong was what I wanted for myself.

See, that's always the thing. While you're breathing and being all happy that the whole house didn't come falling down, you know there's another card drop coming right up. It's not about gaining much. It's just about gaining. It's always about not losing everything in the exact moment you're in.

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.

I have survived, but I have not been spared.

Kid, nobody really gets anywhere in this life. Everybody just picks someplace to hunker down and barricade themselves in. Some of us just got better bricks than others.

His fear made her stronger; she could be brave for both of them.