Quotes About Fortitude

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

I have stood on my own feet.

I've always been alone, done things by myself and stood stronger than the others.

Naw, it - it never stops, man... You gotta be doing what you're supposed to be doing - whenever, however it's coming down, you know. If you're getting your butt kicked - you still gotta do what you gotta be doing.

What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color can find someone in their own family who had experienced a migration of some kind, knowing the sense of dislocation, longing and fortitude.

I am resilient like my mother and have the ability to face any kind of storm.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

I'm no stranger to pain. It's what made me.

Colonel Woodcock obviously belonged to the 'stiff upper lip' school of army behaviour: after shouting at his wife to keep watching at the window, he got shot himself and staggered back into the bedroom, telling her, 'It's alright darling, they have only hit outlying portions of me.' Woodcock, in fact, had been hit four times - but he subsequently recovered.

Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it.

ground. In 1917, about forty-five

Sparta, Rome, the knights of Europe, the samurai . . . worshipped strength. Because it is strength that makes all other values possible.

Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

And if all else fails, I try to obey this message I got in a Chinese fortune cookie (which I have since taped to my laptop): "Avoid compulsively making things worse.

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.

sisu"—the mental strength to continue to try even after you feel you've reached the limits of your abilities.

Tener más fortaleza» era, sobre todo, una decisión para tener más fortaleza.

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I can wait" ? Being able to plan long-term, play the long game, and not misallocate your resources. "I can fast" ? Being able to withstand difficulties and disaster. Training yourself to be uncommonly resilient and have a high pain tolerance.

The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting." This famous line from Walt Disney on willpower cannot be more true

Adversity doesn't create character; it reveals it.

The best way I can describe the feeling is a Finnish word, "sisu"—the mental strength to continue to try even after you feel you've reached the limits of your abilities. I don't think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is. When you feel you can't go on, know that you're just getting started.

Work will work when nothing else will work.

The best way I can describe the feeling is a Finnish word, "sisu"—the mental strength to continue to try even after you feel you've reached the limits of your abilities. I don't think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is.