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Quotes About Fortitude

Perhaps, if you take a long enough view, we are all stronger than our goblins.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Stronger than her will to die was her will to endure, especially when she thought she was being tested.
~ Cathy Park Hong
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
~ Cavett Robert
Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.
~ Geraldine Brooks
I understood that where Michael Mompellion had been broken by our shared ordeal, in equal measure I had been tempered and made strong.
~ Geraldine Brooks
I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.
~ Gertrude Stein
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.
~ Giacomo Casanova
My great treasure is that I am my own master, that I am not dependent upon anyone, and that I am not afraid of misfortunes.
~ Giacomo Casanova
La pazienza è la più eroica delle virtù giusto perché non ha nessuna apparenza d'eroico.
~ Giacomo Leopardi
The dwarf and the woman, lucky miscreants, outlanders, errors that should not exist but lived on anyway. (314)
~ Gil Adamson
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.
~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Nothing is lost in a stumble, only in the refusal to get up.
~ Gina Greenlee
No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you're out.
~ Gina Greenlee
From the depths of your well, tap your will.
~ Gina Greenlee
Thus, it is quite clear that things which the natural course of events, with its small, infrequent blows, could never teach the wise to bear with patience, the immensity of this calamity made even simple people regard with indifference.
~ Giovanni Boccaccio
Era avvezzo a tutto lui, agli scapaccioni, alle pedate, ai colpi di manico di badile, o di cinghia da basto, a vedersi ingiuriato e beffato da tutti, a dormire sui sassi, colle braccia e la schiena rotta da quattordici ore di lavoro; anche a digiunare era avvezzo, allorché il padrone lo puniva levandogli il pane o la minestra.
~ Giovanni Verga
You are brave if you entered the battle. Don 't let your bravery wane during the battle. Don 't just stay brave, become braver.
~ Goa Kerle
Courage, strength and hope possess my soul…I will stand firmly and without fear.
~ Goethe
Zur Resignation gehört Charakter.
~ Goethe
Ya üzülmeli ya gülmelisin, Ya örs olmal?s?n sen ya çekiç!
~ Goethe Johann W
Beneath the surface of weakness, true strength is always present.
~ Gordana Biernat
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.
~ Japanese Proverb
Your soul is a trooper. If you find you're stronger than you thought, don't waste a moment being surprised by it — be motivated, and stronger, and start the race!
~ Terri Guillemets