Quotes About Fortitude

At the working man's house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.

That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

Difficulty shows what men are.

Some men are, in regard to ridicule, like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail: all that hits them bounds rattling off; not a stone goes through.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible.

Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed." When

The game doesn't always go your way. Forget fair. Feel forgotten. But damn it, Anna, You don't stop playing.

Y]ou have an inner strength that makes it possible for you to do things other people couldn't even begin to think of doing.

You can just about always stand more 'n you think you can.

The mark of the true male is courage, but to have courage the man must take heart.

A warrior never cedes his personal power to anything, not even to his death.

Bravery is the ability to control your fear"

Courage is the ability to control your fear

Be comfortable being uncomfortable

By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies; fortitude in adversity: these are the self-attained perfections of great souls.

Prosperity attends the lion-hearted man who exerts himself, while we say, destiny will ensure it. Laying aside destiny, show manly fortitude by thy own strength: if thou endeavour, and thy endeavours fail of success, what crime is there in failing?

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.

With soul of flame and temper of steel we must act as our coolest judgment bids us.

The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.

I have never believed it did any good to flinch or yield to any blow, nor does it lighten the blow to cease from working.

The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude... men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.

Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit.