Quotes About Fortitude

Perseverance is where the gods dwell.

that would be too much like running away, and that, she would not do. She does not run—they cannot make her—she walks.

Candella Rautenbach.

This was a man, tall and broad-shouldered, forged like steel in the furnace of life.

toughening-up process

THIS is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.

We had our breakfasts—whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast. When

After the lapse of a minute, I roused my manhood, and opened the door.

The wishbone will never replace the backbone

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly." Isaac Asimov

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

Everyone in this life is defeated but a man, if he be a man, is not defeated.

Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

I am not one of those women who can stand things.

She was the captain of her soul

it takes an awful lot of character to quit anything when you are losing

because it takes an awful lot of character to quit anything when you are losing

The lowly and invincible of the earth—to endure and endure and then endure, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Of course we're frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened.

He always felt better when he could dole out pain alone.

don't come out all that well a lot of the time, but that can't be helped.

Great emergencies and crisis show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.